Thanks to all of you for your candidness.
The irony of your replies is that my company is going through the same fuchery right now. Thus, the reason I guess I'm looking elsewhere.
We are a very successful NA airline, but the philosophy of what made the brand and airline so successful has been abandoned. Now they ride the coattails of brand and the market share by offering a fetid product. The employees are being nickel and dimed to cut costs of an already lean operation.
My theory is that the more successful an airline is, without healthy competition, the more the working conditions are stolen because "they can".
You good people deserve better, and so do I. Lets hope this pilot shortage reverses the tables on the corporate greed, and we become a true commodity.
Patience wins the race.
Puff