Hence why staying at a regional for life (if you're young) is a risky plan. There's always someone coming in willing to do the job for less. That will never change, and is not specific to airlines either, it's any company that thrives off of qualified, but inexperienced work. When cost to do business at your company is higher than xyz company, guess who's next on chopping block. The majors are a business, and at the end of the day, they really really really do not care that you're going to lose a week of vacation, you may have to downgrade, quit, or look for new work because your contract is too expensive. They're running a business, just like Apple, Exxon, Caterpillar, etc. Comair, eagle, mesaba, express jet, horizon, they were all the tops of the regionals...who's in the cross hairs next? History has a tendency to repeat itself....