I guess that's the very attitude that can be partially blamed for the decline in our profession. A major airline pilot is entrusted with in some cases hundreds of lives, an asset worth nine figures, and billions of dollars in liability. Not to flame but the attitude oozing from your recent posts is not helping anything. "I work at Mesaba so I don't make any money, but that's OK cause' I'm having fun. I have a great quality of life with lakes houses and such." Obviously not financed by your work as a pilot and therefore irrelevant. I can honestly say I've saved many lives in the past 20 years, although usually including my own.