Alpa is what keeps regional pilots in line. It's the company's police department to ensure pilot compliance with whatever scheme the regional airline devises. It is fully accepted and sanctioned by major airlines and their pilots. For them to enrichen themselves, you must suffer.

Most pilots are too dumb to see this therefore it persists like a deadly cancer.

You know you are screwed when alpa puts on presentations such as "Fee For Departure Interview Tips" instead of "Let's Destroy the Regional Airline B Scale Once and For All".