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Management doesn't pay more to the regional pilots because there is always someone willing to do it cheaper.
I agree, the 717, Fokker 100, DC9 and 737-100 have about 20 more average seats than our Airways 86 configured 900's. I'm on a 9 year pay scale as a Mesa FO at 37/hr. A plane that has 25 more seats, the 717 at Delta. There FO pay scale is 122/hr. We are just cheap labor and I don't see the regionals shrinking at all with those pay rates.