Ski dude,
I yank gear for a legacy carrier. And in my free time i like to ski as well. The point i'm trying to make is that there USED to be one job that ALL OF US wanted and that was a job with a "major". It was the best of the best!!! Then the likes of SWA came along and A BUNCH OF US pilots began working for food. So i'm not sure if it was SWA or the PILOTS that ruined this profession. BUT the industry is all "WHO**D" out now(see SWA,JB,AT,FT). I personally don't know about the "bennies" at SWA but i know that they couldn't even come close to those that the "majors" of yesterday had AND THAT MY FRIEND IS A SAD THING FOR ALL OF US!!!! Like i said it's a race to the bottom and the pilots are leading the pack!!!!