Very well said. Wish everyone here thought this way. With the profits we make and the fact that we are so far behind the industry in regards to pay, this is correct.

In regards to work rules, I am not convinced that our work rules are any better than the industry. Some of the work rules are better and some of the work rules are worse. It averages out to industry standard, in my opinion, as far as work rules go.

Example commuter policy. The industry allows a pilot to use the sick bank to compensate the pilot for a lost trip. We lose the pay if we don't make the trip.