Too bad we don't have some type of a National Union, where we could have a leader, who would say something like;

"Now that the bankruptcy crisis which plagued the industry in the past, thanks to the terrorist events of 9-11, is 10 years behind us, and now that the industry has consolidated, has figured out how to price their product and control their capacity, and now that every Major is making BILLIONS PER QUARTER, it is time for the leaders at UCAL, DAL, AA/US Air to finally REPAY their pilots for the sacrifices they made, in order to keep their companies alive." Instead of what he said to that reporter last week.

What was it?

Oh yeah..."The contracts are 'Mature'.

You KNOW the next time the economy turns down, (and it will) they will come to us again, for more relief. We need to be restored NOW, while they are minting money, so we can start saving our pennies for that day.