Voting down TA's (Delta, etc), and griping about the company you work for (all pilots!) is a LONG WAY from your OWN UNION telling you to LEAVE! Equating the two is not an honest comparison. The more we poo-poo the conditions here (in comparison to our direct competitors) the further we are from a solution.

I realize some are happy flying otters, etc etc. Great! People here didn't choose to do that. They chose to fly a 747 around the world on 17 day trips, and should be compensated as such.
"over-exaggerate the virtual salt mine conditions we labor under every day"
Seriously?! Please promise us that when the negotiation rubber meets the road sometime this year that you won't go sounding that nonsense in the flight deck. Sit down and have a read of our competitors contracts...get back to us on that exaggeration.

I appreciate your desire to be moderate in tone...but is it really time for that?