Originally Posted by YAKflyer

I think everybody should take a deep breath and calm down.

RJ's are flown by regional airlines because main line pilots allowed their scope clauses to be gutted. If the mainline pilots would have drawn the line at props years ago, the regional industry as we know it today would have never developed. Once the camel's nose was under the tent it was too late to stop the explosive growth. It is pretty hypocritical for mainline pilots to hold regional pilots in contempt when they were the ones who said it was OK in the first place.

The important issue is getting the pay and QOL at both places improved and where it should be. Follow pilots are not the enemy, you've got to get big bonuses to fall into that category.