As long as pilots are taken care of, I guess all is well

I am not hopeful that the pilots will continue to work towards freeing the skies now that they have Known Crewmember. At least, the pilots' union prefers solutions that come "when government, industry and labor work cooperatively." Uh... what has been going on for the last decade? What about the passengers that don't have a powerful union to work cooperatively with the government and industry?