The thought that CPZ guys just settle for their bad contract is very far from the truth. You have to remember that not a single one of us voted for this contract. We have mainline NW to thank for it. The sad thing, is that this is the best contract that they could come up with when it was originally written for their own furloughed pilots. Every single one of us wants to change things here, the problem is that there isn't a lot that we can do for a few years. There are a lot of xjt refugees here (including myself), and we know what a good contract is like. Every captain I fly with I make it a point to tell them how good the xjt contract was, and we talk about things that have to change when it's up for renegotiation. I can promise you that given the chance, we will stand up and fight for it.

It's easy to sit on the sidelines and say "I'd never fly a 76 seat plane for those rates". I know this because I used to say the same thing, but sometimes life throws you a curve ball and you've gotta do what you've gotta do. Joey, you've gotta come off that pedestal that you're standing on and realize that we are all in the same boat. There are great people at CPZ, and there's no reason to put down the pilots. Say what you want about management, but leave the pilots out of it.