If you look back even further, there were guys who had to to pay for their training after getting hired by a regional.

We've gone from having to pay for your own training after getting hired > not having to pay for your training (not getting paid for training) > getting paid for your training > getting paid for your training as well as a completion bonus.

Sure you can look back at all the negatives and try to conservatively plan on more negatives to come, but you've got to admit, in recent years (the last 2-4 years in the quick changing regional world) there have been more positives than negatives.