SHOULD? You are absolutely correct. But making a big deal of a $7 personal safety item? When you have a job that STARTS at $100K a year and you are publicly *****ING about something that is a one time purchase that eats up (no pun intended) three hours and 20 minutes of your per diem ONCE in your career as an FO?

Do you have any idea how cheap that sounds to…well, NORMAL people who make the median income of $65K? Tell me, do you have your own flashlight for doing walkarounds? You know, one of the GOOD ones that Costco sells in sets of 3 for $20? Or do you try to get by with the LED on your cell phone?

Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for negotiating hard with any management and there are battles that really need to be fought. But making a big deal of this? Choosing a $7 onetime in your career purchase for one’s personal safety as a big issue just makes people look foolish. That isn’t a battle even worth the fight, and making it out as a hill to die on just makes the person who does it look like a cheap entitled fool.