[spiantino]

The labor market is different than a commodity market, but that doesn't mean economics don't apply. There are switching costs, people are not fungible, and labor skills represent a huge time/money investment.

But this misses the point. We want our economic system to be as fair as possible, and in most cases (and certainly in the case of flight attendants), the "fairest" solution and the one that pays what flight attendants "deserve" to make is the fair market wage.