You folks better work to get those FO wages up equal to or greater than 60% of CA rates during current and future rounds of collective bargaining.

With Age 65 on the President's desk waiting for a signature, attrition at all levels of 121 is likely going to slow, lengthening your time in the right seat of an RJ or turboprop making under $40/hr. With attrition due to upward career progression slowed and regional fleets under 70 seats being shrunk due to high fuel and poor CASM figures, you'd better hope and pray your airline grows net airframes with "large small jets" to speed along your career and income progression.

Take MAXIMUM ADVANTAGE of this situation (and the much-fabled "pilot shortage") and get every friggin' penny you deserve. Don't be afraid to slow down for safety or take negotiations to the brink of walking...because you're only worth what you're able to negotiate.

DON'T SETTLE.