A thread on the majors froum go me thinking, now I am not trying to flame but am truely interested as to what the regionals paid back in the 90's? As much as we keep hearing all this talk about SJS and people willing to work for nothing. I am just wondering what all these regionals paid before and what the basis for people bashing guys for working for 20K a year.
I am not a regional pilot so I have only my friends currently on the regionals and this website to see the pay scales.

I fully understand the argument that we will never raise the pay because there is always someone willing to work for those wages. But if this is what the regionals have always paid what is the basis for all the bashing. Does it stem from the long line of guys who went straight to the majors and made the good money pre 9-11? Again not trying to flame just looking for some insight in pre 9-11 regional pay. Thanks