I'm just pointing out that IF there truly was a pilot shortage, mainline could do ALL the flying. But there isn't one. So no need to repeal the ATP rule either way.

Anytime a commodity is scarce, in your argument, pilots, the price of it goes up. The facts show that there have been thousands of ATPs issued since the ATP rule on top of the hundred thousand other ATPs. There are more ATPs than airline pilots. There is no pilot shortage. The only reason why pay is going up is because pay isn't high enough for the thousands of current non-airline pilot rated ATPs to work as an airline pilot. There is a pay shortage.