The American Airlines staff said they were worried they were all going to lose their jobs.
As competing airlines poached pilots and mechanics, staff costs soared.
It is run by Japan Airlines and has several Japanese on its staff, so people felt confident we wouldn't be cheated - such stories circulate in Japan.
It rapidly replaced the 4, 500 striking staff with just 1, 900 temporary workers (and is training another 400) drawn from the pool of staff laid off by other airlines.
India's Kingfisher Airlines has told the aviation regulator that it will pay staff salaries, held up for the last six months, in the next few days.
Airlines across the region slashed flights, grounded planes and planned sweeping staff cuts in response.
The industrial action is in protest at plans by International Airlines Group - which owns Iberia and British Airways - to cut 4, 500 staff at the Spanish firm.
When you fly on Emirates Airlines, the pilots need several full breaths to list the languages spoken by the staff, usually including English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Afrikaans, Bulgarian and half-dozen others.
Plaisted said it was clear that airlines were paying attention to the power of the sites, as he suspected airline staff had attempted to plant negative reviews of competitors on Skytrax.
Airlines have yet to say whether they will continue offering service to airports that lose tower staff.
"Smoke was initially discovered by maintenance staff in the rear end of the cabin, and confirmed by another maintenance staff who also detected smoke outside the aircraft, " Carol Anderson a spokeswoman for Japan Airlines said.
But Air Force Chief of Staff Norton Schwartz said Wednesday that the mortuary at Dover didn't handle any remains from United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in Shanksville.
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