Going back to what Cohen stated.. I have a few friends that fly in regionals in the USA.. one of them bids flights that keep him flying about 15 days out of the month (he's not reserves) and he's only a 2nd year F/O with Mesaba (he's on these forums too). The other one is a 3rd or 4th year F/O with SkyWest and I think he bids his flights to put him near 80-90 hours a month, but that's still plenty of rest. I know sometimes that flight crews are rushed between flights, but it's not always that bad, and it's not every airline either. It just seems to be the poor-quality-managed airlines are like this.

But I also feel Cohen is wrong, he said that salary has no effect on pilot safety, when I feel it does. If pilots made more, they wouldn't need a 2nd job, and people (even pilots) who make just a few bucks to get by, generally have money and other financial obligations rolling through their mind, especially in the empty void of flying at FL360 for 2 hours... instead of focusing on flying.