I do not work for a regional.

I wish there were no regionals around to work for.

Thus I am glad to see any progress made in regaining as much of the flying done under the colors of a given airline, by THAT airline's pilots.

I do think that the flying that has been the recent pervue of the regionals is going to dry up, much like the turboprop flying that regionals used to do a lot of.

You will still have some RJ's around, just like there are a few turboprops still flying here and there, but a lot less RJ's than what you see nowadays.

Fact is, 50 seats is just not worth the fuel cost. Sure, some routes might make sense, but that number is a lot smaller than the number of RJ's that are out there today. Fewer RJ's means fewer RJ jobs. Add that to the fact that all of the new 90 seat, and now some of the 70 seat flying is going to remain with the majors, and that avenue of growth drying up as well, further pinching the job situation at the regionals (with growth slowing at the top).

Mainline pilot unions are now willing to accept payscales and rules at/below the "regional" norm to protect ourselves. Scope alone sure did not do the trick. To stop any further flying being outsourced to the regionals, obviously the pay will be at/blo yours.

Why...?

Because taking a paycut down to regional wages, is far better than having to take a position at the bottom of one of those regionals. Both the US Airways and Northwest Pilots learned their lesson from the "MidAtlantic/Republic" mess.

Things are beginning to change...