awapuhi452, you obviously don't know how airline fares are generated. The cost of flying is not directly related to what an Airline pays its employees. Because employee groups such as Pilots, Dispatchers or Ramp personnel restructure their Union contracts which include salary increases as well as work rule changes it doesn't mean that Airfares will go up.  Increased Airfares are subjected many factors which may include peak season travel, supply & demand and increased oil prices...to name a few. Do not blame an employee group who deserves to be paid an industry standard wage to do what they trained for many years and sacrificed so much (most being close to poverty as they work as Flight Instructors and Regional Pilots earning meager salaries qualifying for food stamps) to be the "Safety Professionals" they are today. We all feel that Doctors deserve to be paid well as professionals for what they do...I don't feel pilots should be looked at any less. Aloha.