We don't have access to the lawyers or the negotiators, so no we aren't parasites that benefitted at the expense of others. ALPA has contributed massively to safety intiatives which the entire public benefits from - do we expect the public to pony up? We still pay taxes for the FAA whose presence curbs managment greed. St george pays for KCM enrollment. Many OAL pilots rely on us to get them to work. Skywest aint a leech. Lastly, acute labor shortages have driven wage increases from 2014 on, pattern bargaining was a lagging indicator. But I'm probably still missing something.