In a good way, I'm not sure that is necessarily true. Especially about our union. I'd say the mood of the country is decisivly anti-rulling class at the expense of the common man's finances and well being and that could easily be our pilots.

But there is an informed electorate just like there is informed pilots and I don't think its a throw the bums out, I think its throw out those who are out of touch. And right now, I don't hear anyone say throw out the MEC Chairman.

I don't hear it when I fly the line. And I fly with 88 Captains who all made more money in the right seat then now and all seemingly were knocked out of the left seat of the 767 straight past the 737 and right into the lowly hot and sweaty maddog to fly with the likes of me. They have a lot to complain about but I don't hear them complaining about the union... right now.

Now some may disagree, thats fine, but I'm just saying what I see on my level from the bottom looking up and way up, and way way up to see Carl up there waiving back at me.

I think the pilots do, as you say, get that this isn't easy to do nor do well.