The relatively short track record with PS payouts does not stand as justification of our Scope or QOL shortcomings. Not only can we go years without any significant PS, but massive code share abuses and trashed domestic pairings aren't the "secret sauce" to our PS payments even when they're at their peak.

Some also attempt to defend the QOL smashing Optimizer (that force multiplies our redundant fleets and excessive BES's to save credit and hotel costs on spreadsheets) because we've become so emotionally addicted to large PS checks that we conflate all our QOL and Scope shortcomings with it in its entirety. We're profitable, PS checks are good, ergo everything bad is justifiable because without it we'd have no PS checks.

Even if that were true (and its not even close to being the case) I'd still prefer significant QOL and Scope gains to the entire PS check. For the reading comprehension impaired, I am not in favor of any reductions in the PS in the PWA. But I prioritize Scope and QOL gains even if that means a reduction in what ends up in the PS checks.

Literally being in the business of selling our jobs to the lowest bidders in an attempt to loss harvest that back with our share of the profits that generates is asinine.