Originally Posted by gloopy

There's more to it than greed. Not to mention greed works both ways, but that's another discussion. I'll just say that for things to change on the regional end, fantasy seniority grabs will have to be forsaken from the very beginning of the discussion in order for there to ever be a discussion. That doesn't mean it would then happen, but its a necessary precondition, and the egos and greed on the other side of it are strong indeed. (One person's moot point is another person's self fulfilling prophecy, and we may never know). I agree that it likely won't completely change, but at the moment it is changing a lot, mostly for the better (again, for now).

It still surprises me how emotionally raw and entitled some can get about the morality of "flying XYZ Airline's passengers" or whatever. Some regionals fly for every major. What about them? Alaska flies DL passengers, what about them? Some regionals fly Air France and British Airways passengers, what about them? Answer: a contract is a contract, and you either own the code or you don't.