We as front line employees do directly interact with the paying customers. Most companies try to keep those employees happy, and treat their working quality of life with a little respect. Especially if they are expected to spend cumulatively, over a career, at least a decade of their time on the road away from home and loved ones. Glad to hear you and ENVIOUS find that so humorous.

For the record, I work at Skywest Airlines, my job is in flight ops, I'm a line captain. Nothing special, just trying to do my job like most of my coworkers, and most of the time I love what I do and the people I interact with. Would you be so forthcoming as to post your job title? You post on here a lot, and knowing the background of the frequent posters helps to understand the context of their posts. You know, in the interest of promoting productive aviation conversation.