Would you follow his example if he did? Ed is good at his job and is not unskilled labor. That’s the distinction we are trying to make for ourselves. Ed is still being paid the vast majority of his compensation because the company needs him, and they can’t just go out tomorrow and hire someone better for the job. Same with us.

So while I think Ed is wrong to tell us to make the same “sacrifices” as some non-cons, telling him to do it isn’t the answer. Making him admit that we are closer to him than a baggage handler in the overall scheme of things is what we need.