Cut costs...that's fine and dandy but if they cut the regional contracts there's no one to serve the small communities to feed the mainline flights and having 737s fly into small communities doesn't cut costs but will increase spending.

Second, if they use the lowest bidder regional (Mesa), performance will drop and passengers will become frustrated and angry and either drive farther to access a hub or fly Southwest who serves more local communities with their aircraft.

I don't agree with majors releasing scope, but it was done and we all have to make the best of it. I would have loved to work for American, US Air or Delta, but that's just not an option for me anymore. Too much risk for too little reward. I am stuck at my regional for a while and have to keep standards from dropping and try to raise the bar when it allows.

300K? What mainline pilot makes that anymore? Like the first 300 pilots at American maybe. Won't happen. Pilots making 300K is overinflated to me. $100K is a great salary and I live in NY, a very expensive place. CEOs should make less and take the extra $ and put it into the airline...not their pockets.