That's a good point as I have often thought of that. Senior pilots and heavy jet guys, please don't take this the wrong way, but the only reason for the difference in pay between a commuter pilot and a legacy pilot is liability. The amount of work, pride taken, and level of responsibility is almost equal. For example if I were to fly a nice comfortable 777 across the country it would most likely take the same precautions, same pride, same level of flying skill as flying an ERJ170 on the same route. So why the pay difference? I guess it all boils down to more lives. Somehow if we were to admit to the passengers that their lives on that Q400 are worth less than the lives on the 757 they might start to complain a little more than usual. A life is a life but the airline see's it as how big of a lawsuit would there be if the plane were to go down. This is a principle that we have all through the years just adopted. Obviously pay is based on seats because of the revenue generated but do they pay the pilot less when the airplane is empty? So I think the biggest factor is liability. I'm probably going to get a lot of flack for going there but someones gotta step up. No offense.