Nobody is saying that. It's not about screaming and kicking. It's about identifying (and at least to some degree quantifying) what it is you're trying to achieve. And then go about working in a professional and determined way to achieve it.

You've properly identified the fact that this is a good environment in which to negotiate. You've properly identified the fact that we hold the keys to labor peace. Take a good, hard look at DALPA's track record. Take a good, hard look at what they consider to be a "win." Read the following article and realize that our ALPA President was MEC Chairman at Delta and is essentially the author of the playbook from which DALPA is still operating today:

Airline Profits Will Drive 2015 Pilot Contract Talks - Businessweek

Still think we're going to get this profession and our careers back to any semblance of the standard of living it provided through most of the 1980's, 1990's, and early 2000's? Not a chance with this kind of mentality.