This is pointless. We have gotten to the point where both of us want to "win" the argument, and have totally lost sight of the issue.

Maybe we're just pi$sed and venting. Let's face it, a jumpseat war isn't going to happen, and probably wouldn't even solve the problem.

What will solve the problem is when UAX employees don't make it to work and UAL flights get canceled. And people leave UAX carriers in droves and no one replaces them. Mainline flights go half empty. Passengers complain more.

We all know some level of management reads these forums. Taxing your lowest paid contractors to fill a budget gap is the pettiest, most short sighted cost savings approach I've ever seen. It borders on pure evil. Fix it.