I dunno how long you’ve been in the regional world but look at Comair. They went on strike in 2001 to fight for a livable wage at a time when most regional FOs were making much less than $20 an hour. Their contract was one of the best in the regional world when they emerged. But look at what slowly happened to them. Slowly but surely Delta whittled them down to nothing and eventually shut them down. Delta also has a long memory and the pilots bit the hand that fed them by going on strike. They got too expensive in Delta’s eyes and Delta knew they could get the flying done for less, so they got rid of them. As a regional pilot, the cards or so stacked in the mainline partners favor that it’s not a game worth playing. I never understood the guys who were content on riding out their careers at a regional.

But either way, that’s why regionals are basically union proof... There’s no leverage there. Once you get too expensive they don’t renew your contracts, they sell your planes to some new company without senior employees or unions, and start over from scratch on their terms.