Personally it seems to me that in the history of America we went from a nation of bakers, butchers and farmers (small business owners and independent contractors) to that of being employees after the industrial revolution.

As a result of over one hundred years of concentrating into professional specialized careers we largely have forgotten how to be business owners and are limited in our choices. Companies have learned that they have a captive workforce that can not easily leave. Competition is fierce in modern business. Products and services are nearly the same especially in aviation. Management has to extract a profit margin out of their career hostage employees.

Whoever is the best slave ship essentially wins. Eventually every company must sink to the lowest common denominator or loose ground to their low cost competitors. I am sure that every company who is leading the industry in wages and benefits are embarrassed by that title and actively working to reverse that trend.

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