Originally Posted by
tom11011
Your scenario is not that far fetched from a future reality. Pilots at regionals have overwhelmingly showed they are willing to put up with low pay and the like while pilots at majors have overwhelmingly showed their willingness to sell scope for personal enrichment.
In ten years, I predict the regional airlines will fly approximately 65% of all airline passengers in the US. There will be mass regional consolidation. Upgrade times will be in excess of 10 years at the regionals hence the deep desire to see pay scales at 12/4, what other reason is there for 12/4?
I think they will go about it a different way, when they are done pillaging the regionals they will go back at the Majors. That is why this job will never pay off for the current generation of pilots, the airlines will never return to the glory days. They did their damage at the Major level after 9/11 and now the regionals have been feeling the wrath the past 5 years. After the regionals fall apart in the next 5 years they will refocus on the Majors. If they are willing to lie, steal and cheat to take pennies from pilots living just above the poverty line why would anyone expect them not to exert these same forces on the top dogs of the industry?