Air Willie- I can't speak for your airline, it was a more broad view of the industry as a whole, pointing out some of the flaws. I feel that legacy airlines have relied on regionals to keep the costs as low as possible.

Captjns-it is not a perfect pay scale, but I feel that pay should reflect the size aircraft you fly. The more seats, the better the pay. There are different categories which feature different percentages to help with the size diffence. It has nothing to do with it being manufactured in Brazil or the US. A 777 captain should make more than a 737 captain.