In an interview on Galei Tzahal this morning, Avi Edri, head of the Union of Transport Workers, explained the rationale behind his willingness to sign an agreement with El Al without involving a representative of the company's pilots.
"This issue was too big for the pilots' committee," Edri said. "On the one hand, I understand them, but at the end of the day we had no choice on the matter, and this was the adult and responsible course of action to take," he said.