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If you account for number of seats the pay rates are much closer in reality.
Your premise is false. Deltas rates for a CRJ 900 start about $50.00 more per hour for a Captain than a regional Captain that operates the same airframe.
CRJ900
12 $139
11 $138
10 $137
9 $136
8 $135
7 $134
6 $133
5 $132
4 $131
3 $130
2 $129
1 $128
Regional pilots do indeed subsidize mainline wages and that's the way ALPA wants it.