Originally Posted by BoilerUP

There are plenty of career pilots flying at Comair, ASA, Eagle, Mesaba, Expressjet, Air Wisconsin, etc...and every person in that category each has their own reasoning.

Bottom line is this - unless you fly under your own code, you are subject to the whims of the mothership...and as long as there are companies and pilots willing to do the same job for less, there will never be any guaranteed stability.