yes, but when fuel prices soared in the early 90's, most(if not all)of the swa employees contributed a portion of their paycheck to compensate. I can sincerely say that no other airlines employees would do that. my point: swa pilots make money because the company does. If swa hits the skids, the pilots will do everything they can to help(e.g. take voluntary pay cuts without whining about it). would AA, UAL, DAL etc do that. No! first they would make matters worse by going through legal means and such. swa pilots are a different(and better -imho) breed and should never be mentioned in the same breathe as the pompous a$$es that i AM referring to