What does being an honest person have to do with anything? Do you suddently think the assesment is now going away? "Lobster dinners" will be a thing of the past? What is your definition of corrupt? If you are so anti-union you should either lead a drive to decertify or, at least, support the union in a public forum. Any thing else only shows managment personel that our pilot group is divided and simply waiting will drive the selling price of our next contract down. The reason negotiations are taking so long and the assesment has not gone away are because of pilots like you. You're your own worst enemy and have such a narrow point of view (on this board at least) that you cannot see the damage to everyone that you truely are causing.

I have never been one to suggest someone step in line, but if you do not like it so much why aren't you a more active proponent to change within our company? We just had elections. Where were you on the ballot? Or is it easier just to complain on a online forum?

It appears you are so about yourself, the assesment, and "your money" that you are truely willing to cut of the hand that is trying to pull you out of a ditch. It would not surprise me if you vote no when this FO Pay LOA comes to a vote simply because it may decrease the amount you get later on as a Captain. Stop thinking about yourself in the now and ask yourself what you can do to help all of us get a contract we can be proud of sooner than later. If you can't figure out what that is for yourself just look to the last few negotiation updates to figure it out. Just do that for a little while then you can go back to cutting corners in the airplane and find something other than the assesment to complain about.