Absolutely! "Don't **** your buddies over because they got one perk when you already have a built in QOL perk" isn't hard to understand. Yes I'd 100% support a stipend for a base where safe, affordable housing isn't available 60-90 mins from the airport. Take the same relative cost to the company and get it in the form of PS vouchers for the family or in cash. Hell even if it's company housing would that probably be a good deal for a lot of folks. Hiring 2000 pilots a year means a ton of new hires commuting to coastal bases which are likely far away from their home, or moving to said expensive coastal bases which is pretty damn tough on 90k. A QOL increase to enable living in base or getting to a base is going to positively impact a massive proportion of the pilots, and that group is only getting larger if the company is serious about hiring 10,000+ pilots in the next few years. So why not advocate for them?

I suppose it's easy for someone like PNW to say screw those FL guys, but guess what that means? Those pilots (and from the selfish perspective those seniority numbers) are walking over to AA or Delta or SWA and now youre seniority movement slows down. Now you're flying with tired pilots. Now you're getting brought in off reserve because folks missed connections. That doesn't sound like a net QOL increase to me.

Not to mention, just because you're living in base now doesn't mean that base will be busy forever or a ton of senior pilots won't jump ahead of you, and it would allow for a sooner upgrade instead of waiting for your number to hit in your desired airframe in your base. I think this is a clear win for a massive chunk of the company. Will some groups be 20% happier with this deal while some are 19% happier or 21% happier? Yeah. But this "what's in it for me?" foolishness is just sad.