You speak truer words than you know. The previous guy running XJT, after spending years destroying pilot morale and actually blaming pilots for the company's failings, said "pilots aren't as smart as they think they are" when the vote for a concessionary contract returned a resounding 'NO!'.

After that he "decided it was time to retire" --and I'm sure it was sans bonus he thought he would get from our pockets. The arrogance was mind boggling. These regionals are being squeezed hard by the majors, but they also shoot themselves in the foot on multiple occasions--like wasting millions on union busting advisors, thousands on pointless propaganda magazines and parties, and then ask who pulled the trigger?

They had 5 yrs to prepare for the effects of the atp rule, and just went about business as usual, which shows you something about the "talent" running these airlines.