Papoo,

Let me guess, you don't have any kids and are single? You seem to have no idea what it takes to save for their college, weddings, you're own retirement, insuring your own life, insuring against losing your medical, and also being able to life in the greatest nation in the world while doing all of that.

It takes a strong collective bargaining agreement that pays not only solid wages but also work rules and benefits that allow one to achieve the goals I mentioned above. If that means also doing whatever it takes to protect the best pilot employment market (the USA) in the world by stopping flag of convenience from proliferation then that is what we should do. Even at the risk of being called hypocritical.