I'll second slice's response! But to answer your question...at Mesaba, they definitely do NOT have it better than F/O's...money wise or by any other measure really. However, if you look at it from your perspective about what they had to put in (or rather what they didn't have to put in $$$) to get the job, then perhaps you have a point. Still, I would never take an F/A job even if it was all I could do to stay in the business.