Originally Posted by NEDude

People on pilot forums said Virgin America was going to drag down pilot pay as well. Do you care to tell me what has happened to pilot pay at the legacy airlines in the nearly ten years Virgin America has been in operation? People said Allegiant would put downward pressure on pilot pay as well. Again, what has happened to pilot pay as Allegiant has grown in size? Please tell me how these airlines existence have fulfilled the ‘sky is falling’ predictions that was regularly predicted on this and other forums.

I totally get "We're going to defend our careers and the future careers of those up and coming". What I don't understand is how you think persuading the administration to revoke a legally issued permit will accomplish that goal when there will be negative repercussions to doing so.