What would you have had ALPA, Wychor et. al. do? Does PCL ALPA have a responsibility to their 2600 constituents, or just to your view of how things should have played out? Remember CMR had just been shut down. PCL liquidation was a distinct possibility. American Eagle's future was uncertain. Longevity created a huge labor arbitrage across the regional spectrum. The competitive set was $74 hr Captains at Compass and $66 hr guys at GoJet. That's where they're at now.

Should PCL just have "taken one for the team"? Is that how you'd feel about your job when faced with the realities that they were facing? Note that UCAL didn't even hiccup when Colgan's Q400's went away.

So I reject your premise that PCL bargaining was the cause of their concessions. Their duty to represent their constituents and economic reality caused it. But no doubt you're correct that, like you, many will blame ALPA for it.