I'm not defeated in my outlook at all. I realize that it is our jobs to fight for the contract and pay we deserve and I do believe we can make it better. But everything I said is fact. Its the crappy reality of the regional industry. If you price yourself out of the market mainline will either find someone else thats waiting in the wings (happened to Comair and Xjt) to do it for $2 bucks cheaper and you get half your pilot group sent to the street or your own managment will start an alter ego (TSA/GoJets situation) and get a bunch of SJS grads to come in and undermind your admirable fight for higher wages. I'm just stating facts here and by no means am I throwing in the towel so to speak. But you have to admit its a vicious cycle in this industry and we as regional pilots really have no leverage, especially under the RLA. Construction workers walk off the job all the time. Why can't we? I have buddys that are union electricians and if there is someone on a job site that isn't union (being paid below industry standard) they will all walk off. Thats the way it should be. Not this mickey mouse BS where we fight for better parts of a decade to get a $3 raise.