And this is why the current regional pilots are doomed to substandard agreements and a victim mentality. You really blame the mainline pilots for your groups acceptance of substandard contracts? Your group was more than happy to accept the gift of mainline flying from relaxed scope clauses which without the majority of you would not be flying airplanes today. You were more than happy to accept those reduced wages of your own negotiations to get those fast upgrades and to move on to another carrier.

However, regionals hit the saturation point. The growth stopped, age 65 went into effec and the regional workgroup got more senior as there was no movement. All of a sudden you guys start considering the consequences of long term regional employment.

It isn't the mainline pilot groups that have hurt you. It is pure economics of the equipment you fly and the wages you earn. The regional 50 seat airplane is a money loser. That isn't the fault of the mainline pilots.

Why don't you find someone else to blame for all of your woes in life. I have to ask, did you do any research into the pay and benefits of your carrier before you took the job? Was this all a surprise to you after the fact?

What seems to elude most of the regional pilots is that having a job as an RJ pilot doesn't guarantee you a mainline cockpit ans pay rate. With the poor attitudes many display I suspect more than a few of you door very poorly in interviews.