Not ironic at all. As 'But Seriously' said, when building time individual pilots look for the best opportunities to build time to achieve their career goals. As newbie pilots we don't have any control or influence over the airline industry, but ALPA and to a far lesser extent other pilot unions do have significant political and industrial influence. In fact, ALPA more than any other entity has made this profession worth having and all pilots have benefited. The irony is those who choose to ignore that fact for transparently obvious reasons.

We made the mistake in the late 90s and 2000s of giving airline managements an inch and in bankruptcy they took a mile. Now events have conspired to allow us to put some of the genie back in the bottle. At least you recognize that fact when it affects you directly. Enjoy those CRJ550s and the 86,000 lb limit.