Once again, most difficult problem the majors are facing is how do they staff the regionals when they have killed the dream.

The situation today is that we have thousands of 6, 8, 10, 12, 15 year pilots at the regional level.... that alone is the worst kind of advertising imaginable to get people to want to be airline pilots. When you kill a dream it's a much deeper problem than just fixing starting pay, which is why I think your solution is not a real solution at all. In years past the lies about a job at a major-- the real jobs-- got you to volunteer yourself into the regional gulags. Now, it's like selling poison that everyone knows is poison. It's a bridge to nowhere. Hey kids... spend $100k on your training and in 8 or 10 or 15 years, maybe we'll have a real career for you. The only solution is to make it a real bridge. Mainline seniority numbers, real employment, not promises of someday. Start hiring into the RJs as a mainline position with a true career path, and the staffing problem solves itself overnight. Bring back the B scale at mainline for all large RJs in order to scuttle the C scale at the regionals. Problem solved.