Shoulda.... woulda .....couda......

WE have all been over these arguments before.... only time will tell. But if past performance is any indicator of future results..... you can expect mainline to try to raise the seat bar so to speak. Will they be successful? I and many hope not. But the fact remains..... IF some carrier was to be successful and relaxing scope and they came to SKW or RAH or AWAC or whoever and offered them the flying and the company offered the pilots an appropriate pay scale ... EVERYONE of these companies would jump at the chance to fly them. PILOTS dont make the decisions on what aircraft their companies fly at the regional level.... MGT does. Bottom line is the mainline guys are probably going to have to take some pathetic rates ( compared to their current scales ) to get them on property.... and if they dont MGT will scream they cant pay those rates and need scope relief so Jet/Regionals can fly them...

Do I like this scenario ???? NO... but stay tuned friends to a company near you and lets see if they dont at the very least attempt this.