Originally Posted by sulkair

From this article, I take a way a perplexing dilema for all pilots.

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So regionals are viable because the pilots are cheap.

RJ pilots want more money (as they deserve) but in doing so would negate the advantage, and thereby defeat their reason for being

Ok, so lets ditch the regionals, and bring all flying under the umbrella of the Majors (an argument I see often on these boards)

Well in order to do that the overall pay & work rules of all pilots would have to come down, to at least the "low cost carrier" level, as hinted to in the last quote.

Or we could just charge more for tickets - but then LUV wouldn't and well there you go.