Also I must add. Raising ticket prices would only help the airline whose name is painted on the side of the plane. Even if airlines increased airfare to supplement better pilot pay, the regionals are locked into contracts. The only way regional pilots could get that money into their pockets is for ALL regionals to not contract flying for less than they're worth... There has to be unity in this industry or it's not going to happen.
So basically the regionals have to force the mainline carriers to pay them more. Otherwise mainline will never be inclined to raise ticket prices to pay regional crews better.