It's interesting to read what's happening at Eagle, because a lot of similar things are going on over at XJT (though, so far, not as severe). These regional managers are betting on winding down their "troublesome" ops, while making vacancies at carriers who will accept their aircraft.

It seems they are at loss as to what to do and are crossing their fingers that the old whipsaw game will work. I hope that any furloughed out of a regional airline will take other employment, rather than start at yr 1 pay. I expect to see more of these hiring bonus schemes in the future, to get around raising pay.

I just hope that anyone new entering this field realizes that the more they chase upgrade, the more likely they make it, that they will never get to a legacy carrier. As long as regionals can be made and destroyed every few yrs, there will be no incentive to bring major flying in-house.