Originally Posted by tom11011

I think you are still missing the point though. Everything that was just said assumes regional airlines should continue to exist. They should not. Pilots should be doing everything they can to accelerate their demise.

If pilots cannot negotiate an extraordinary contract at this level, then no contract at all should be agreed to, just let nature take its course.

Pilots are dumb and short sited. Regional flying is nearly 50% of all airline flying, that's not small potatoes. You might not be able to strike, but you can certainly ensure that you are doing your part to see that your regional airline can't survive.

The solution is to make things so expensive for your company that it is not profitable to continue operating it, thereby forcing aircraft back home to mainline.

Everyone complains, complains, complains, but nobody has the guts to do anything meaningful. The solution is so simple but so few can see it. Pilots should start by dumping their unions and just let anarchy reign. Unions at the regional level are nothing more then a focal point where airlines maintain control- take that away and let the company deal with each pilot individually and see what happens.

Everyone sounds like they are waiting for someone to help them. Helps not coming, most of you are too new to know nothing has changed in 20 years. Pick up your pitchforks or just wait it out till it's your turn at mainline, what will it be?