Originally Posted by
Half wing
Cfi's go straight into 175's. Why can't they go straight into Boeings? Also Turbo, if you offer put a guy on a mainline seniority list but told him/her they would start on an RJ at RJ rates, I bet most would take that offer in a heartbeat.
Sure, of course they would. But we have seen no interest on the part of mainline management to make such a move. Pilot pay is just one small component in the set of factors that encourage mainline management to outsource as much flying to the regionals as their scope clauses will allow.
Unless something happens to change all those factors, which is extremely unlikely in the foreseeable future, the regionals are here to stay. Do I like it? No. But I'm just pointing out the realities.