There ARE options. Overseas carriers are offering 150-180k per annum. Many complaining pilots with long commutes, lousy QOL, just waiting for the Great Mainline Job, may get hired and see that Great Mainline company go bankrupt a few years later. Why wait for speculative goodies, when they are available now...good pay, no commuting, good travel benefits, free lodging, much better schools available than public US schools, no tax on the first 85k of wages, etc etc. What's the attraction of Regional flying here over what's available overseas? I guess it's not as bad here as people make out. Sam