I thinkje disturbing part isn't an RJ FO looking to continue outsourcing. The disturbing part is that is he parroting an ALPA EVP. Everyone turn to the back of your ALPA rags and look for ATN_Pilot, aka TO.
Trip: you appear to be slightly business savvy. What would it take to bring all flying in house? I would go ahead and concede a "D" scale, ie regional wages, on all equipment flown by regionals. How is it physically possible that with the D scale rates (and mainline work rules / benefits) that it is cheaper to let 7 different airlines pretend to be Delta? Isn't there a business term... Synergy, that comes from wrapping operations into 1, vs 7 plus? 1+1=3; 1+7=???
The point is, we need to figure out where the jobs can all be back at mainline such that it saves the parent, DL, UA, etc., money. It can't be good that people think that CAL put one into BUF, when it was us (PCL Corp).