My Thoughts.

#1. First and Foremost. We need to have a union that works for us the regional pilots, not the mainline.

#2. Industry Standard rates for equipment. And every pilot at every regional needs to stand up for their brothers and sisters when one company tries to lower the rates. If that company can not afford to sustain itself because of fairly paid professional pilots then that company needs to go away.

If we take our individual price off the table then other cost savings will be the issue. ie:VP and CEO Bonus checks for loosing performance.

And we have to get away from this $20ish/hour a year being acceptable for FO's. You cannot hold a second job on reserve and you certainly cannot live on that rate.

Oh, whoa sorry I slipped into a false reality. Seriously though something needs to be done. We cannot afford to let it erode any further and we need to stop this blame game from one pilot group to another. Divide and conquer is what they are up too. We need to stick together.

Blaming Rj's for mainline downfall is bogus, that is consumer driven.

Blaming mainline guys for allowing Rj's in scope again, silly and non productive.

Blaming one company for going into a new area to get new business is competition, plain and simple its going to happen.

But if we take pilot pay off of the table, the field levels a bit more.

Of course none of this will happen with out my #1 thought.

I am rambling, what are your thoughts?