From talking around, they absolutely do care. The ones who aren't all that familiar are the guys who are either close to retirement or prior mil with no connection to the regional industry.

The bottom-feeder's undercutting is starting to affect them directly as well now. Take a look at the recent proposal to APA. Of course Parker and co. are going to look to outsource as much as possible. Their cheap regional feed just got that much more cheaper!

The laws of supply and demand say that more jobs should be returning to mainline in the near future. When you have companies such as PSA and PDT willing to work for less for their own short-term gain, those mainline jobs start to disappear (just as AAG is trying to do now.) Do you really think AA, UA, and DAL pilots are oblivious to this fact?

All I can say is that if you are at one of those bottom-feeders, you better have some damn good connections. Otherwise, enjoy your career at the regional level! (Just saying career at the regionals makes me cringe)