I have brought it up to my reps. I have brought it up in a conference call. There is seemingly no will from ALPA to deviate from the status quo.

Not for a nanosecond have I ever implied I had anything worse than anybody. I do recognise that any of us could go from having a good job one day, to starting over at the bottom of a new company. When an experienced professional takes a new job an 99% of the rest of the job market, they don't end up being paid like an intern all over again. I guess you see things differently. Maybe you think we deserve less. Is that what you're saying?

I have no desire to be a leader in ALPA or any other union. I think pilot unions are a scam. They, just like a snake oil salesman, purport to be a solution for your problems. With our present seniority system and the pay scales ALPA helped negotiate, ALPA has been the problem. I feel we would be better served with no union at all. Since that isn't likely, the next best thing would be creating career portability. That would empower all of us and put pressure on the airlines to compete for our services.