Originally Posted by zippinbye

Huh? Capturing regional jobs on the mainline is a bad thing? The biggest travesty in this industry was the vast proliferation of RJ flying in the late 90's and into the 2000's. All facilitated by conflict-of-interest representation by ALPA. If you think you or your buddies at some regional produced record profits via your hard labor, take a pat on the back and sit down in your mainline seat. While I have an appreciation for how I got to a major and some fond memories of regional life, I never saw it as anything but a stepping stone. Right now I'm loving the view from above as the regional model readjusts to reality. If you are saying the regionals should remain bigger to keep a supply of major carrier new-hires in proportion to military sourcing, well, you could have unresolved issues because Uncle Sam didn't invite you to play with his jets. Might want to have that checked.