The fact that you see it as a defense in the first place and secondly that your "brothers" aren't looking for anything to defend. No one is blind to what is happening. You keep looking to place blame when there's no blame to place. The rest of us see this. FYI CHQ wasn't the lowest bid by any means. Mesa and PNCL both were lower. Perhaps you should realize the industry is ran by people that aren't pilots and don't share the opinions of pilots instead of doing what you can to hold others accountable for managements decisions.