Originally Posted by
rickair7777
But that's the whole point of the regional, to cut pay and benefits! "They" like things just the way they are, although they're not happy that ANY regional pilot makes more than $50K.
^^^^^ The REALITY of it all.
It's amazing though how this "era" is different than the pre 9/11 one. Meaning, then regional contracts were increasing in quality (relatively) along with the mainline contracts. ASA, ACA, COMAIR, and AWAC all saw increases in their CBA's while the legacy carriers were as well. And had there not been 9/11, Pinnacle, Mesaba, RAH, EVEN Mesa
would have seen gains compared to what they were currently under when the process was all said and done. And in that economy, the airlines were making money just like now.
However, this "era", the legacy carriers want to get their feed even cheaper than it is NOW, meanwhile they're making record profits.