Originally Posted by
OldAg84
Let's change that to-"The American public doesn't want to pay for me". Do you owe me a living? Say yes and guess I might say I guess I owe you one.
You missed the point. You're not even paying in real dollars what it cost to fly 20 years ago when fuel was cheap.
And let's change it to "Some people will suffer any indignity to feed themselves or their family".
Exactly the phrase every scab uses, "I had to feed my family!" B6 and VX types could sell real estate, gone to the FAA or anything else. However, they chose to go non-Union for less pay/benefits just to keep flying.
This is a competitive capitalist system. If I want to save money and fly JetBlue, SWA, or AirTran and save MY money- I don't owe you jack.
Ah, but SWA pays the highest wages for passenger 737 pilots in North America. And Air Tran pays its UNION pilots about $30 more an hour than B6. They profit on good business practice, not by lowballing labor. So, fly scaBlue if you want. But understand exactly who and what you're supporting with you travel dollars. A corrupt CEO who personally profits at the expense of the Kool-Aiders he employs.