Originally Posted by bizzum

And that right there is why things will never change in the regional industry. No one can raise the bar. Someone does, like Comair did, and what happens? Instead of following their lead and demanding a contract like Comair got, everyone undercuts them, accepts subpar pay just to get more flying because they are "getting their 1000PIC and going to a major." All this while companies rake in record profits and order many many multi-million dollar airplanes, while telling their pilots that they can't pay them any more because they will be "uncompetitive".