It is absolutely a pyramid scheme. Everyone thinks they're going to be a 747 International Captain and make huge bucks.

The truth of the matter is only a small fraction of pilots will ever make it to a Major airline, much less a whale left seat.

A lot of you are going to finish your career in the left seat of an RJ so you'd better sack up and stop voting for substandard contracts. And you'd better be willing to strike to get what you deserve.