Originally Posted by
qball
Yet on this very forum you read posts from folks with all the numbers hearing crickets.
Correct. The shadow inventory of ATP-holder/ATP-qualifying who refuse to work at a regional is grossly understated.
If the regional ranks could afford the pay increases required to activate that shadow inventory, there would be no headlines. It certainly does not absolve mainline from the important hand they play in the odious dynamics of that
compensation shortage. Pay your subservient carriers more, or bring your feed in-house and deal with the overhead that way.