I would say it's earned....spent upwards of 70,000+ on training most fought to build hour to get hired at an airline. Then you bust your tail taking care of your mainline partners or wholly owned carriers passengers and performance and everything in between I'd say yea flows a good thing!!! But hey if you wanna pay $500 and up to go stand in line for 6 hours to talk to a recruiter for 10 min go for it. There will always be those who do it the smart way and the other way!