Times change. Pilot's in the US have been beaten down for so many years they don't even realize when circumstances have finally changed in their favor. If there was ever a moment in history to improve working conditions this is it. You know when airlines offering signing bonuses start saying there is no pilot shortage that the shortage is finally here. We've heard the supply and demand mantra for years and the tables have turned. I submit paying a First Officer $23/hr to fly a large RJ is no longer a sustainable business model. There are no more quicky "zero to hero" career paths to attract career changer types and even if their were the financing has all but dried up. The better paying regionals are quickly sucking up the remaining qualified talent and then they'll have to start poaching from the corporate and 135 world. That's when things will get really interesting but we're not quite there yet.