Well then Chuck, tell every airline pilot to jump into a job that doesn't put hundreds of people at risk. No one cares if you fly alone, TC sure doesn't.
Do what you love doing, and regardless of whether or not this thread has anything to do with our economy and promotion of newbies, our country forces us to bring it in. We can't just think of it as some rights protest crap.
It might be crap to you, but I can almost guarantee it wouldn't be if it were your rights being trampled. The risk to the public red herring has also been put to rest so you don't have to worry yourself about that either.