Greed
You are no better than the people robbing you of hard earned income and benefits.
If the economy is in the toilet, why are flight crews flying longer hours and violating the regs to line the pockets of the Certificate Holders dispatching these flights?
Fannie and Freedie road the gravy train at full throttle right into the station. If your employer is cutting back on you, how far will your train take you? Right to the flaming crater. Physically, financially or emotionally?
Count the cost? Weight the options? Consider the consequences?
If you stay on board, you accept the consequences? Compromise will eventually leave you on the losing end. 100% of the time.
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