They invented $25 bag fees out of thin air and have no problem collecting them. They're running a multi-billion dollar corporation, and running it so well they're making literally billions in profits. I think they're talented enough to find a way to net $3 to $4 more per passenger in order to stop paying the pilots as if the company was on the verge of bankruptcy.

Delta will actually make more on ticket Change fees than bag fees. Over a billion each.

So many of the apologists live in the past and talk from both sides of their mouths.

They work full time to tell you we can't have hourly rates that are over a decade old and then rail that our execs deserve the 300% to 700% increase in compensation they have received since bankruptcy.

How can we share in the success we created when our own pilots are working against us?

The biggest mystery in my career is why pilots run for union office and do union work fighting for management.

I fully support pilots who want to work for free, but doing union work and subverting our profession is disgusting and dishonorable.