Hey genius, as of right now the company, along with the rest of the industry, has more pilots than they have use for. Its in their best interest to cut costs. In what world is it in the company's best interest to retain 200 hundreds pilots that the operation does not need? Do you even look at the galley to see our flights being 30% full at best? Do you even look at what our airfare is lately? $29 each way to Vegas?

The company's best interest right now is to furlough pilots which is why the onus is on the EXCO to retain employment instead of abandoning approx 300 while they get kicked to the street. EXCO can point the finger at the company all they want, but the fact is that the entire industry has been brought to its knees. Every major carrier is burning millions of cash each day and there is no certainty as to when this will end. While the rest of the industry is finalizing deals to preserve jobs, we are acting like we just woke up and realized that the industry is burning.

Pilots were the most crucial workgroup for a time, but any talk of a pilot shortage is dead. Management won't have a problem hiring pilots for years. Does that suck for us? Yes. Is it the worst time ever to enter Section 6 bargaining? Yes. Are we gonna be stuck being the lowest paid AB320 pilots until 2026 at the earliest? Yes. But I would hope at this point we would stop putting our head in the sand and pretending that everything is fine and figure out a way to preserve jobs and keep our qwl.