Originally Posted by STR8NLVL

You missed my point Saab. I have never, and will never accuse any regional of stealing mainline routes, which is why I used quotes. I totally agree that the blame for the current state of regionals lies completely in the laps of mainline MEC's for giving up their scope. But, regional guys at XJT, CHQ, SKW, etc have no business looking down their noses at Colgan or anyone else and saying that people there shouldn't have taken those jobs because it lowers industry standards when the same could be said for us.

Given where we're at now, the only real answer to improve wages and qol is for the MEC's at the union shops to hang tough in their negotiations and for the non-union shops to get a clue and organize. It's time we demand better and not settle for anything less than we deserve!