We have union representation that just saved our butts for almost a full year, and our pay 'cut' is all of 5 hours a month for an additional 2 hard days off with language. I'm sure if you were our representation you would have gotten us a raise, more days off AND saved all our jobs, right?

Some of you are in la-la land with the reality of the industry. Hell I have friends in the corporate world who are losing hard days off for more work because times are so bad, yet we're moaning about keeping everyone employed and trading 2 days for 5hrs of pay.

Also I know this is the WHAT IF but no way in hell any more money comes the way of the airlines. Public opinion is already low enough to begin with for our industry. To tell people who are making a household of $60k/yr that they need to again fund pilots paychecks won't go over very well at all.