Great post ssschmokin1! Nothing to add.
As I posted before: "In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king!"
People have
no clue how things are organized (yes, things actually
are organized!) in other airlines and people have
no clue about basic economic principles like inflation and the effects of an increasing supply of pilots on a shrinking job market.
Foolishly these (mostly) young and (definitely) naive pilots swim blindfolded in a pool of sharks and alligators, thinking that they don't need protection, don't need to stick together and won't need a union. Instead they pretend to sleep well at night (in their own bed!
), knowing that their good pals, shark MOL and alligator AH, will always treat them with respect and dignity and won't eat them alive when they get hungry. Sweet dreams!