If I have implied that I think this way you are mistaken. I just don't understand how going on a web board and being inflamatory helps in that process. At one time I worked at Mesa. One of the biggest problems besides management was the negative attitude of the pilot groups of the other airlines. It became self fulfilling. If you continue to think negatively, things will usually turn out negatively. That being said, regional airlines are regional airlines. If they paid you the same rate per seat as main line there would be no need for you to exist. The company that employs you must pay you what they pay you and then charge enough for your services to the mainline to make a profit. In doing so they still have to come in at less than it would cost the major to do it. Regionals can be a nice place to work and most offer a great quality of life but the pay and benefits will never be mainline.