Again the point is not that there are different opinions , it is the fact that our profession has been under attack and we have done nothing to defend it. There is no debating the simple fact that the airline pilot profession has fallen way behind where we were when we enjoyed the respect of the public, the government, our fellow employees and in some cases even airline management. The failure to defend and enhance the profession must first and foremost be the responsibility of those we have payed throughout our careers to advance our cause and that is ALPA and all the other pilot associations. While doing research for another project I came across a salary survey conducted by the National Federation of Teachers and by their own statistics teacher salaries and purchasing power have kept up with the Department of Labor Inflation Calculator from the late 70's until the date of the survey which I believe was around 2006. There are no pilot salaries today that can come close to equalling this. So while our profession has had many hurdles to overcome we have no one to blame but ourselves and the organizations we foolishly believed were there to protect us.