[quote=dozer;477758]Very true." The I can handle a short term period of poverty before things get better" mentality should be a thing of the past. The regional FO position is now a almost a career position.[/quote]


Ding, Ding, Ding,.... we have a winner.

And this is why we really need some new blood in ALPA, to get things going towards better contracts, with some type of section/clause that would prevent one ALPA carrier from being whipsawed by another ALPA carrier.... a kind of contract protection clause.

It's also why people need to stop thinking of regionals as stepping stones to major airlines.... because those days are all but gone. Look at midwest; being outsourced to a regional.... the exact scenario that major airline pilot unions were worried about IS happening. If we don't stand together, this trend will continue and we will all be worse off.