Originally Posted by
OldManRiver
My bet of this stems………the regionals be shrunk and dissolved, and all of the flying will be brought in house by mainline.
That's exactly what AA is trying to AVOID by doing this. Retain/recruit people now, but keep the flexibility to revert compensation back to regional norms later on, when the shortage ends (and it WILL end eventually, one way or another, make no mistake on that). Will it work? Don't know, but it will help.