Good points, and you're absolutely right, we need to stay focused on the goal of securing a contract and rebuilding what was once actually called an airline (vs. travel company). Pilots have played a major role molding every great airline and we are in the process of doing the same in what appears to be an episode of 'Executives Gone Wild".

Pilots must try to keep the business perspective in mind, even while suffering the consequences of criminal neglect and greed while executives profit. Unable to commute home, operating poorly maintained equipment, often for 4 legs a day, multiple days in a row, week after week with 1-2 days off in between, with support and infrastructure resembling that of a bankrupt 3rd world airline.

Year after year our crews shoulder the burden and risk of this approach so that our management can brag about profit margins that defy logic. In response, our thankless management feeds us line after line about "rising tides lift all boats" only to be admonished "we are different" when the company's ship comes in. Ironically, our management's response to our concerns has ranged from utter disregard to outright resentment and anger, accusing pilots of using bogus safety data to secure a contract. Greedy pilots.

Yes, this IS business, but it's very bad business and as you've alluded, we need to fix it or we will all be looking for work elsewhere. To borrow one of management's favored terms, it's 'unsustainable'.