while I appreciate your defense of our profession.. I think it merits noting that as a FDX bus captain you're at the top of the income wrung in aviation, and fortunate enough to work for a financially solid employer with a booming market. Too many pilots today DO work for crap wages (which in the long run will effect your ability to remain at the top of the wrung), and are below the UPS truck driver, or plumber's wage for a lot more hours spent at work.. so this is a problem that has to be dealt with by unity and unions, not ad hominem attacks on messengers of bad new.

Sorry if this comes off like an attack on you, but it's not.. it's just a wake up call.