It’s hard to imagine why Park City Mountain and Vail Resorts are standing so strong in their resistance to the $2 raise PCSPA is requesting. But what the hell, let me give it a shot:Leaked partial transcript of a mediation session between the PC Corporate Ski Patrol Conglomerate (PCSPC) and the local ski resort that employs them.LARRY LIZARD, Chief Patrol Officer, PCSPC: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I appreciate the opportunity you’ve given me to speak. Let me start by stating our simple truth. We patrollers are the corporate moguls of the ski industry. I say this with utter respect and appreciation for our local resort and, of course, our guests. We are, after all, the lifesavers, the rope-droppers, the sled-draggers …. Dare I say, the backbone of this entire operation?And today, we’re here to talk about greed. Yes, greed. Because as we all know, greed is good.If I may be frank, some might say it’s pretty ballsy of us to demand a wage increase from $21 to $23 an hour. And let me be the first to agree: It’s utterly outrageous. Hell, it’s practically the same cost as a pulled pork sandwich at Tombstone BBQ. In fact, the $2 increase we’re demanding is an amount so staggering it could subsidize half of a hot cocoa at Jupiter Java — with marshmallows. Maybe even a tube of Cherry Chapstick. But, ladies and gentlemen, I’m here to tell you that’s the kind of shameless ambition that keeps this resort running.Greed works. Greed inspires us to stand on the top of 9990 at 6 a.m. and hurl avy bombs into the void. To set up ropes on exposed ridgelines in 50-mph winds. To toboggan injured skiers down double-black bump runs. Greed is what motivates us to fearlessly declare, “Yes, Park City, we do deserve the kind of pay that might actually afford us an entire basket of Buffalo chicken nachos at the Pig Pen.”Yes, we all know what that $2 means to Vail Resorts’ paltry 2024 $2.89 billion revenue. It means doom. Financial collapse. Bankrupted shareholders unable to buy their loved ones the $1,876 burger experience at Deer Valley. Or to afford that heated driveway at their new home in The Colony.But can you take a moment to comprehend what that $2 represents to us, the patrol titans of the ski industry? It means power, obviously. And with that extra $2 an hour, we might be able to rent an affordable housing unit on the outskirts of town with only one or two other patrollers and a dishwasher from Riverhorse. Heck, we might even be able to tell our moms that ski patrol isn’t just a job, it’s a career.We’re well aware that some call our decision to strike selfish. Some say we suck; we’re spoiled brats ruining their family’s ski vacation and blowing it for everyone else. Some say we knew the pay when we took the job, and now we’re acting like entitled moneygrubbers.  To that, I say: You’re damn right we are. Passion for the job and the community we serve? That’s for suckers. Greed gets shit done. It’s the spirit that drives progress, fuels ambition, and maybe — just maybe — lets us splurge on a 12-pack of Modelo from the 7-Eleven.So let’s hold our ski poles, our avalanche beacons and our heads high. Now, everyone repeat after me: Greed is good! It’s right. It’s fair. And trust me. By the time this strike is over, you’ll see. It’ll be the best damn investment this resort ever made.The post Betty Diaries: Greed is good when it comes to ski patrol appeared first on Park Record.