Almost 40 years ago, a neighbor who was a UAL captain (he started in '52) told me, "when I was a kid, locomotive engineers were the pinnacle of union power, airline pilots were so few that they weren't thought of, but now who thinks of engineers?" He thought, pst-dereg, airline pilots were doomed to lower compensation and loss of respect. Captain Feneley was quite clairvoyant. Retired in the DC-10.

What's the future? Probably not any better than today.

GF