IMO skywest and the other "good" regionals will end up being the Achilles heel of this sector of the industry. As the applicant pool for the regionals dries up, well yeah the bottom feeders will be the first to go. And their pilots won't even hesitate about moving on and being the low man on the food chain at a major (totally worth it, because lets be honest they don't have much to lose to begin with).

The "good" regionals have too many lifers who cling to their weekends off and don't want to start over at a much better major carrier. So yeah Skywest guys may poke fun at everyone else for now...but when the regionals can't staff and face their demise, these guys will be the ones fighting to keep the regionals around so they can keep their weekends off and live on the west coast for the rest of their lives. Give yourselves a big pat on the back for being so awesome.

Those of us at the "bad" regionals could not care less about the regionals, because we don't have much to lose.