Originally Posted by
baseball
Regional carriers caused the problem of poor wages, work rules, and have lowered the career expectations and long term earning potential of pilots, therefore, screw the regional managements. They cry about no pilots, so what....
Actually the correct way to describe it would be "Regional carriers
created the problem..."
After all they knew what they were doing and their goal was to lower the cost of labor. Majors contributed to the creation by encouraging the outsourcing of labor. Unions facilitated the creation by providing the essential tools and ingredients that make the regional airline model possible. If you take away one of those three things the regional airline model would cease to exist.