Originally Posted by Master Shake

It has been said before, but it would appear that you need some reminding. Your "peers" at UAL and DAL were at the forefront of creating the "C" scale wages I and my colleagues work under. They (and maybe you) decided that they were too good to fly the "barbie" jets and that they would rather take a pay raise and promises of widebody growth over keeping that flying in-house. Well fella, that opened up Pandora's Box. I never set out on this career path to fly as XXXXXX Express and be a whipping boy to not only your airline, but mine as well. My heart's desire is to fly for an airline that actually sells its own tickets. Instead; 7 1/2 years later, I am still here, flying airplanes painted in XXXXXX Express colors. I've endured a lot of crap and watched as my former halfway decent Continental pass benefits were wiped out (including vacation passes) with the stroke of a pen.

So until you and your peers man-up and decide to take back what is most definitely "your" flying, I'm left trying to make this life & career work. If me having priority on my company's own aircraft is so distasteful to you, then take the flying back. Please. But until then, remain calm and deal with it. We don't have much; and after enduring age 65, this is really the only tangible benefit my family and I have left.