Sitbackrelax,

You make some valid points, and you hit the nail on the head, what is fair compensation? The problem is that Neelman and alot of JB people think they've de-coded the "holy grail" of airline profitability. I've seen Neelman on CNBC touted as some genuis and some of my JB buddies have bought into the "its a new world" brainwashing. Bottom line, at "Big Brown" we're trying to get a new contract with a nice pay raise, and because there are pilots out there working for half of what we make today, we're told we don't warrant a pay raise! Soon Virgin will hit the scene and if those guys slap a tv in the back of their seats, and pay their pilots 1/3 less than you people will fly them to Florida for less than the cost of the cab-fare to get to the airport, and the downward spiral continues. I hope you guys work hard to "raise the bar" but personally after Neelman showed his true colors with those ER-190 pay scales I doubt it.