When I got hired at US in 1989, the status of an Airline Pilot had been reduced from Absolute Kings in status and compensation in the late 60's down to Average Executive Level compensation in the late 80's. Now in this decade, the assault continues forward and the target is to bring it on par with Greyhound and Trailways drivers. And they (Airline Managements) have achieved this in many areas with the advent of the RJ's and mass sell outs by various union's around the industry.

I have great respect for the Delta guys as they made noise about going out on strike in defense of the career expectations. I hope it is more than noise. But with the draconian, and in my opinion, illegal use of bankruptcy laws, I do not see how they are going to be successful.