Alpha (and those watching this debate),

Is Bill Swelbar also, as you state, "truly rotten to the core is how his self pity has taken him to abandon any source of decency or integrity and leads him to post this drivel. Sometimes he has a decent insight into the industry and sometimes he is so helplessly self indulgent that he spews out any crap that enters his head." Because, he writes the exact same historical recap of ALPA negotiations on his blog:

Mainline Pilot Scope: Will Regional Carriers Be Permitted to Fly 90+ Seat*Aircraft? - Aviation Articles and Commentary - Swelblog / Swelbar on Airlines

Like I said, lets post objective data, external sources, and verifiable results ... then let readers decide.