The question is why aren't we hearing stories and reading more articles about the plight of airline pilots? We live in a media age dominated by 24 hour news networks. ALPA should be front and center on educating the public and government and getting them on our side when it comes to compensation. Look at air traffic controllers for example, anytime NATCA wants something changed they throw a couple ads in the NYT and Wash post saying how dangerous the current system is unless something is changed, and for the most part it has worked for them (ie the recent pay raise). NATCA really has no legal bargaining power yet they manage to get things done.