For what it's worth, it should always be this way for any pilot at any airline.

Even over here at the almighty Delta, we view our relationship with management like that. We perform a service, they pay us well. They day they no longer need us to perform that service, they'll kick us to the curb and be rewarded by the shareholders for doing it. They will always try to find a way to pay us less and will always answer to the shareholders, not us.

No pilot should ever buy into the management kool aid and propaganda. Nobody is special. Nobody is valued. You're just a cog in a wheel (or a widget). Always keep your relationship transactional.