Good point, I've been through the concession process at two different companies. It's amazing to hear the company (AND MEC at times) talk about how expensive pilot costs are, etc. When as mentioned, it's only a small piece of the pie. At a regional airline, the pilots are the largest labor group, as well as the highest line item cost. At a legacy, the pilots aren't the largest labor group, but are still the highest line item cost.

There used to be a mantra that at AA, the pilots (as well as everybody else) helped "save" the airline from BK when everyone else was going into BK. Well, didn't work out so well.