This news sucks. But I had a conversation with someone from CAL and thier policy is even tougher on its Regional partners.

At CAL, They fly at a higher priority on CAL and CAL express because....

They buy all the seats. So a group of Non-Rev'ing CAL guys get on an ExpressJet flight before ExpressJet Pilots because CAL has purchased all the seats from ExpressJet in the code share agreement. The only thing thats sacred at Expressjet is their jumpseat.

Will ALPA national ever come to the realization that the Regional Airlines are just modern day Share-Croppers?