I'm biased for a couple reasons - I've been in the aviation business (instructing, freight, corporate, regionals, fracs, etc.) for 25 years now (since I was 19 yrs old) and have always had to earn a living by flying. My dad was an auto worker and mom was stay at home. No help with college or flight training. My wife is not a doctor, lawyer, pharm drug rep, etc. In fact she does not even have a college degree. Hence, I'm not one of these guys that is flying pax part 121 as "a hobby" and relies on a spouse's wage. So it kills me when I see guys taking less for personal gain.

This goes all the way back to the pay for training of the 90's - pilots would shell out $10K to put themselves through training. Those that didn't were not hired. It's tough to make the industry better when many/most look out for themselves at the expense of others.

Secondly, I'm at Envoy now so that makes me even more biased. Thing is, I've got a ticket to an LCC so in reality what happens should not matter. But I do care and want to better the industry for those behind me. We're pilots. We're professionals. And we're in demand so let's make sure we get what we're worth.