Everyone is having trouble filling new hire classes.

The entry level requirements for this profession have just increased 3 (for military) to 6 (for off the street) times for anyone looking to get in. That requires more time, patience and most importantly money.

Of course the pool of qualified and willing applicants has shrunk. Yet all that has to happen is management feign shutdown and a spineless group like PSA, that wasn't even in bankruptcy, will bend over.

If they won't stand up for themselves now, then when will they ever? When will they find their backbone?

They are selling themselves short and jeopardizing their future mainline jobs they are so desperately trying to get by selling everyone else out. They have set the trend for ever cheaper regional feed, which means regional carriers will continue to remain very attractive for outsourcing. Management will find a way around mainline scope, they always do. There is a much bigger picture the PSA pilots missed