"However, there are two big barriers in the way of giving regional airline pilots a big raise. The first is that regional airlines like Republic Airways and SkyWest have lots of long-term contracts with the legacy carriers locked in already. Unless they can convince their legacy carrier partners to amend these contracts, the regional airlines won't be able to meaningfully grow revenue per pilot to support higher pay."
Who's fault is that, the pilots? These arent decade+ old contracts, see RAH AA deal('13, 47 e170's), United('14, 55 e170's), Delta('14, 9 e170's). Not once do BB and his mafia take any accountability for this, ever. Its all the pilots and now congress' fault? Right. Couldnt have anything to do with your despicable wages. Couldnt have anything to do with zero career progression at your airline. Couldnt have anything to do with your miserable working environment. Thats all on the pilots and congress