And 1st year regional FO pay will never be the same as current 1st year regional CA pay. The legacy partners would simply find a way to weasel out of the flying contracts and either start a new regional airline or give the flying to someone else. You people are completely delusional. Should first year pay be higher? Absolutely. No regional FO should have to live on food stamps and struggle to pay bills. But to say that we should start out making CA pay is also completely delusional. If you want to make changes, you have to be reasonable and realistic. And it's not all about the hourly wages. Soft pay makes a huge impact on your bottom line. Fight for trip and duty rigs. Fight to increase first year pay to $35 / hour with 75 to 80 hour minimum guarantee. That would be reasonable.