Originally Posted by
meritflyer
Forcing? No.
Attracting regional services by flying flashy DC-9 sized jets for wages 50% less than the DC-9 guys make? Absolutely.
Management will always look for a way to off load wages and costs to increase net profit. You're a fool if you believe that regionals haven't given mainline management a reason to not hire 190 or 737 pilots/aircraft or use -900's as leverage in pay negotiations with mainline pilots.
So what you’re saying is that your previous statement was absolutely wrong, seeing that the root of the problem (what screwing up our industry) is mainlines choice to off load their flying. As far as the pay, it's a joke and no were did I say that I was in agreement with it. Mainline took advantage of the regionals ability to keep cost low and now it's our duty to flight for what's right.