"If this is what they want to do, it's a nonstarter, " stated Paul Whiteford, chairman of the 8, 500-member United chapter of the Airline Pilots Association.
"From Florida to Seattle, Washington, from Hawaii to New York, all over California and many, many states across the country, people will be taking to the streets over the next week to demand that the assets of BP be seized now, " said Richard Becker, a member of the San Francisco chapter of the group.