Also, we pay way more than the cost of KCM every month into our merger protection fund. Why do we have to pay that significant payment into a merger protection fund for the rest of our careers, you might ask?

Partially because of Freedom, but also because of your company/pilot group's creation and existence.

So if you want to come into a Mesa thread as a GoJet pilot talking about how crazy it is that we have to pay for KCM, consider the fact that every day you wake up and continue to fly for GoJet, you are perpetuating the success of a business decision that directly slashed negotiating capital at all regional airlines in the entire USA--forever. It wasn't just the royal screw-over of TSA's pilots--for me personally, the stink of your operation will never wear off, even if "you weren't there when it happened."