Virgin America was a LCC. Low Cost Carrier=undercutting. Enough said. Your boy screwed up by overcharging pax hence your airline wasn't profitable. VX achieved more in 10 years than.....is that why your boy decided to ditch your beloved airline? Achieving means profits and thriving in business. VX didn't turn a profit until the very end, which was minuscule. VX was acquired and went bye bye-dead! You can achieve all you want but doesn't matter when you are history. The last man standing wins. Work rules include retirement, pay, and over all compensation. True, many of the our scheduling work rules were gutted during Kasher (before my time) but you are only referring to your scheduling/bidding rules when you are talking about work rules, right? Alaska pilots never voted away scope because we never had concrete scope. Get the facts straight. You decided work for a start up low cost airline and do as Branson said. You didn't have a contract and you had zero protection. Indeed, you chose to work for a company that under cut the rest of the industry so yes, you are a hair above a scab.