Little girls dont fly HERCS.... maybe some women... but I didnt know any little girls......

the time was in this country when you worked hard for that first car ( not new )... and saved for years for a house... or any other number of examples. Today... younger people but many older as well think if they dont have the best of everything right away, that somehow they are being screwed. Its called working your way up... gaining experience, etc.

Bottom line as to the question above.. is that it will take better pay and better work rules thus giving a better QOL to get better quality candidates to the so called regionals. Time was that most commuter or regional pilots moved on.... now there are guys and gals that would be just as happy flying a RJ700 for XXX company as flying mainline for some legacy carrier. And quite frankly thats okay, not every wants to or can go on to a major carrier. the lines have been getting blurry for many years and I suspect they are going to get even more so over the next few years. If in 10 years I am not a legacy carrier and I am making 90,000 a year in TODAY's dollars... I will probably be okay with that. Everybody has different goals in life.... some of those peoples goals just might be flying a 70 seat jeat with nice QOL for a "jet" carrier.