Some people have a hard time believing the median listed in the article. But if you look at the numbers of Majors to regional pilots, then the median would seem correct. There are many more Major pilots then regional pilots

American, Delta, Northwest, Southwest, Continental, US air, United, UPS, FedEx alone have 51500 pilots.

ALL the regionals listed on APC only add up to 22,000 appoximatly
(American Eagle, ASA, Comair, Expressjet, MESA, Skywest, Air Wisconsin,Big Sky,Chautauqua,Colgan Air,CommutAir,Era,GoJet,Great Lakes,Gulfstream Int'l,Horizon Air,Island Air,Mesaba,Piedmont,Pinnacle,PSA,Republic Airways,Shuttle America,Skyway,Trans States)


ps. Adding those up is a half hour of my life im never gonna get back haha