I’m a military guy who follows the airline industry very closely. I’ve been lurking around this site more than I care to admit. I, as well as many other 3K+ hour pilots in the military, want QOL, pay, benefits in a good follow-on job post Air Force. Given that I already have all the PIC turbine time that anyone could want, I will probably never go to work at a regional carrier; however, the events of late trouble me greatly. IMO there is a trickle down effect (or trickle up effect.) What the regional pilot concedes in the form of a contract bleeds over to the legacy carriers. A regional pilot, working for peanuts and getting trampled on by management, may very well end up at a major one day and, unfortunately, take that same mentality. He (or she) may take that learned philosophy higher up, elect union officials, so on and so forth, and end up with a contract that is not too different from what they had a regional carrier (fill in the blank.) Don’t misunderstand me. I admire anyone who puts on a uniform, and safely flies precious lives from point A to point B. I encourage each of you to continue to act like professionals. It doesn’t matter if you’re flying a guy to Key West for lunch in a C-172 or flying 400 people to London in a 747. The public depends on you to get them there safely. And for the guys that do this day in and day in less than desirable conditions to put food on the table, I applaud you. But an extended thank you to the Mesa 400 that took a stand of trying to make things better for your airline and ultimately the industry. Hopefully I can fly alongside you and shake your hand one of these days.