You guys live in a vacuum. One national seniority list? Are you saying that no sane man would want to be without a union? The vast majority of the nation has decided that they do not. Do you want to force them to? Which union? ALPA, APA, Teamsters, etc.? What about a free market? The public has voted with their wallets and has decided that they will not pay the fares required to support $300,000/year Captains. So the club should be closed to new members? Shrink the airlines, the capacity, and the pilot group to support higher fares and higher salaries? give me a break.

SWA fuel hedges running out in 2010? You don't think they're buying new contracts that expire in 2011? 2012? Management making too much? ALPA didn't complain in the 1990's they just said, "Gimme some too!"

If I ever met a union pilot that was happy with his job I would die of shock.