Rhino -

So you're saying you want regional CA pay capped at $25/hr? According to the APC profiles, that is the lowest 1st yr FO pay at US Air.

You were making about the the same as an 8-yr regional CA by the time you left the military for wherever you are now, and obviously weren't "too comfortable" to stay in.

Even if it's your intent to use the regionals as a stepping stone to the majors, circumstances out of your control may leave you at the regional level for upwards of 10 years before you are even competitive to be hired by a major airline. Then, are you lucky enough that the majors are hiring at that time? Maybe, maybe not.

You're against "spreading the wealth," but seem you'd rather blame others for the degradation of the industry? Seem to be of opposite philosophies and pretty ballsy for someone in their 2nd year of the 121 world. You may have paid your dues elsewhere, but stop acting like you've paid them in the airlines.

Plus, I just don't think your logic is good. It's the regional pilots who are causing the problem by taking a low wage job? But, they are also getting too comfortable because wages are too high? So the solution is for them to accept a job that caps out at little more than what regional FOs make now? Doesn't compute.

I don't like to see mainline jobs go away either, but it's happened, and there's little chance of ever going back. So I think we need to fight for better wages at all levels, not put caps on anyone.