In his mind everyone is “subsidizing” everything. The DAL CA making $500k is subsidizing DAL’s profits because he’s not making $600k.

It’s looney toons logic. 😂 It’s the sort of sideways thinking that results when you’re seniority-locked and so you need to convince yourself, in spite of all obvious evidence, that you can get what you want without giving anything up. Like your seniority. Even though everyone making legacy pay at those legacies had to give exactly that up in order to get all that money.