Originally Posted by
otter
The real question is, can the Regionals as we know them now, handle a large amount of there pilots making over 100K?
If everyone in the regionals made 100k then the regionals would have to charge more for their feed service. I think it would get to a certain point where Regional carrier feed would be more expensive than having mainline fly the RJs themselves. At AE the top half of the seniority list (top 1500) are all above 8yr payscales (making $70k-100+k) AMR has noted that AE is too expensive and so they seek to sell the company to find cheaper regional providers. If AE represented the average regional, then there would be no cheaper solution and AMR would be forced to pay the AE payrates, or have mainline do all the regional flying (which probably wouldnt be cheaper when you add in benefits, pension, etc).