Fish, Everybody knows that the pilots at VX are under paid and that the rates have to go up. I think that was the point, as well as the opinion that flying for VX is better than flying for any regional on any equipment at said regional. First year captains pay at VX is within $1 of 18 year captain pay on the CRJ700 at ASA. Which job would you take? If something happened to Alaska and you found yourself with the choice between VX and the myriad of regional airlines currently hiring, which would you HONESTLY choose?

I am quite sure that the good folks flying at VX did not take the job with the thought that they were going to intentionally undermine the airline industry. I'm sure that they realized that their first responsibility was to provide for their respective families, and that they would have to try to work to better the aviation industry from the inside of VX instead of complaining about VX from the outside.