You must be ignorant to the history.
How about a fight all the way to the Supreme Court just to get in the air. Then to be constrained by a federal law brokered by our competitors to handcuff Love field.
Every other ALPA competitor doing everything in their power to put us out of business. We chose to work for substandard wages to improve the viability of our fledgling carrier. We brought our type ratings with us to the interview to keep company costs down.
The pilots flew less trips to keep our about to be furloughed brethren on the payroll.
We flew ancient technology aircraft well into the 21st century without griping about it so that we as a company could grow strong.
We flew and fly more block hours than our competitors. Both out of greed and survival mode. Doing more with less.
We have never had a company provided meal on any flight no matter how long the day was. Or a defined retirement plan.
All these things and more allowed us to prosper while valiant competitors fell by the wayside.
Braniff, Eastern, Pan Am, TI, etc. gone.
Other iterations came to finish us off.
United express, Ted, Delta express, Metrojet, Song, Continental Lite.
Where are they today? We stood together and remained profitable while competitors shed debt and jobs to the tune of billions.
Eventually our wages came to lead the industry. Not by design, but by other's give backs. Yet we remain profitable.
Like any family we have internal squabbles. But should an outsider poke their nose in our business we circle the wagons and unite.
Enter our doors with a sense of entitlement and you will be exiting those same doors rather quickly.