Israel's El Al, the airline that launched a thousand quips about my son the pilot, is flying low—in part because of its pampered pilots. A plethora of labor disputes, including jealousy in the ranks of many of the line's eight unions over the fact that a few jumbo-jet pilots earn as much as $11,000 a month, forced management to ground its planes for three weeks in April. The lockout cost the company $15 million, but its problems did not end there. Among the others: a labor force of 5,500 people that...
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