Thanks for the insightful answers. It seems the airlines profit off the backs of the working pilots. They know that you all love flying and have put quite a bit of hard work and your financial resources into it; yet they treat you quite badly. One other thought the term "regional airline" is really not correct at all; you folks fly in and out of many regions and even into other countries flying some pretty modern high flying equipment. I remember PBA(Provincetown Boston Airlines), Air New England, and Pilgrim Airlines, now they were regional.