I think this is the problem right here....It's the union that is keeping everyone down...along with the indoctrination and false sense of security pilots get from seniority lists.

I've said this before but if you eliminate seniority across the industry you would eliminate low pay for experienced pilots. Pilot pay would go up based on personal experience as well as longevity because all airlines (regional, majors, it would make no difference) would have to compete for all pilots on a level field.

A captain of a large regional jet is more qualified to be a captain of an A320 or a B737 than is a first officer of a heavy jet with no PIC experience.

The "pilot shortage" myth is such clear proof of this. The airlines don't want this because they don't want to have the free market control pilot salaries.

Stop comparing your salaries with other pilots and instead compare them with other professions and you'll see the problem.

It still blows my mind when pilots talk about unions and seniority lists as the thing that protects them instead of the thing that holds them down like a giant net across the entire profession.