in a tough job market, everybody becomes a bottom feeder... nobody will quit their job when their income is at stake...

people seem to forget this is a free market and the company with the lowest price and decent service will always win. so it comes down to a simple matter of supply and demand, there is a huge supply of qualified pilots in the states, so the bar is lowered.

in the end, we are just simple employees, taking people from point A to Point B for a certain hourly wage. we have no say in any decisions the company makes based on market trends.

I have been in situations where mainline would question my company's actions, and all I would answer was... I'm just a pilot, my job starts when I get on the plane and ends when I get off... don't really have any say in any of the company's marketing decisions...