well there was that thread about California property taxes, that turned into a *****fest about government subsidies, that turned into virtue signaling about electric cars, that got shut down when some bozo went off on a quote about electric cars not producing any smog......turns out it was his own quote from a few days prior! So not necessarily in THIS thread, but yes around here people will argue both sides just because they like to argue.... or they are senile.

as to your particular predicament, commuting sucks and I wish you the best. However, I’m not sure it will go over well for you to want the company to be overmanned with pilots fighting for scraps just so you can drop trips.