And I think they were shown the error of their ways.

We all see the massive percentage increases at the feeders now....and there certainly is a message we should get from that. But if you think the message is that we should get equally massive percentage pay increases then you're just not being serious. The real lesson is that all of the stops are being pulled out to neutralize our 'pilot shortage' leverage! Those feeder pay rates are the death gasps of those carriers (and hopefully the entire FFD model). We should be focused on locking in REAL attainable gains, fighting off the coming attempts to quickly increase the pilot supply, and negotiating conditions to protect our gains in the future. As far as the buddy making $65k/mo at a regional? I say good for him! If he's old enough and able to ride the 2-5 year wave into retirement then it's a well deserved cherry on top of a relatively crappy career. If he's a young guy then his gains will be eroded by the loss of mainline seniority. I hope he's the former....we all need a good break sometime.