There is so much flying that needs to get done. Most of the lines are built for greater than 80 hours and I hear that Delta / ASA is still having to cancel flight on a daily basis because of crew shortages. I'm on reserve and I'm flying and getting extended quite a bit. We just even gave away a CRJ 200 to Comair and put on hold the receiving of a CRJ 700 because we can't crew them. Negotiations are definitely holding up a lot of things, but its been 4 years or so and they have always been hiring. Who knows though these days?