Originally Posted by
Mesabah
Major airlines, by keepimg thousands of apps on file from regional pilots, lower the cost of mainline salaries. That way they don't have to pattern bargain to get pilots in the door, i.e. Airways doesn't have to pay Delta rates to attract pilots.
Does this help or hurt a model in which the major airline acquires a regional. Would having an rj group (and it's many applicants hypothetically) camped out at the bottom of the seniority list change this dynamic?