Sir, I see things are too complicated and sophisticated for you. When you stop puffing on Mary Jane and come to grips with reality, you will understand that if you are an airline pilot, your career is in the gutter. Guys like Jay Pierce don't even know you are alive. They look at you but don't see you. If you knew your aviation history, you would understand that the once proud Continental Airline pilots were compensated more adequately and justly 30 to 40 years ago than they are today. Not too long ago, UAL pilots were earning about $400,000 per year with all of their benefits paid and about a $3M to $4M retirement package. Today those things are long gone. Your career is crap and it's only going to get worse. Guys like Pierce will make about $400K and you will be lucky to have an Al Bundy shoe salesman job when you retire. That's if you don't croak by then. Look at the death rate at CAL airlines. They have about two per month croaking over there. Wake up, fool. Before you know it some Croatian or Russian will be taking our job because guys like Pierce will pave the way for outsourcing, doing away with the seniority system, etc. It's already happening, Sparky. Are you mentally impaired or just pretending to be stupid?