Originally Posted by
FloridaGator
The pilot profession has become a zero sum game in the United States. Maybe it always has been.... but now more than ever.... airline managements have put everyone in a zero sum situation.
By this I mean the only way someone does well is at the expense of someone else. Good fortune is not created..... it is simply transferred.
It's a shell game...as a couple regionals merge, start another one, and voila! Another competitor with all year one pay scales.
Then several years later, yank most of their flying away and give it to someone else.