CL65 KUDOS to you for telling that to brown tail. You hit the nail right on the head about the pay. I fly with a ton of USAIRways furloughees who do nothing but **** and moan about how crappy the industry is. Well most of the reason that there is so much tension between management and pilots is because of them. They have no clue what a REAL job is and just how good it is to be flying. They are so deep in the forest, they can't see the trees. And 300k a year, to fly a big bus? come on. In this country you can do whatever you want, within reason, for 150k. These high priced pompous a$$es are part of what drove a lot of these airlines into bankruptcy. just my .02