Not to be a d*bag man, but I'm lucky enough that my wife works for a Fortune 200 employer, earns more than a 10 year CA (as many in her organization do) here yet, overall their health benefits are worse than ours. Me, my wife and kids are all on our plan. It's all relative perspective so nobody is entitled to anything, everything comes at a price. We're not DL, UA and AA, clearly defined by profit margin and excess capital so yeah, you're statement is correct. I'm not taking sides, but I think maybe sort of the 30,000 foot snap shot of where the chips lie may work. After 8 1/2 years and 6000 hours at a previous employer, is life perfect no, could it be better, yeah, but overall, it is a vast improvement. Do I think there's a place for ALPA, yeah. But, do we torch the place, I think not. Alaska does it very well......and the first round is on me.