UCAL pilots are paid less because we ACCEPTED being paid less. When push came to shove, and the company told us our jobs were on the line, we blinked.

Pure and simple. The company now knows that we will always "blink". We have no negotiating power left, and never will until some group of airline pilots grows a pair and fights back.

Since both UAL and CAL pilots have been without a contract for 2+ years, it appears that it won't be us.