I deeply respect the work you do for us, my comment was not about the union...

My gripe here is certainly not with the MEC. And it wasn't meant just with regard to PSA...it's more about attitudes among the pilot groups.

At least from what I've heard, too many still seem to think that we are competing with the other regionals and even the other WOs. Not enough realize that all the WOs are basically a massive cost-savings tool for AAL. Too few realize the HUGE margins that AAL makes because of us WO pilots (or in spite of us, depending on how you look at it).

CLT is now (by the CEO's own admission) the most profitable hub of the world's largest airline. It wouldn't be that way without PSA. Pilots at PSA (along with the other WOs) need to understand what they are really worth to the parent company.

[end rant]