Originally Posted by NWA320pilot

While the regional pay is terrible it will never improve until guys are not willing to work for peanuts. As long as there are guys willing to basically fly for free because they "love it" there will be low salaries..... The regional level used to be a stepping stone to the majors. But with todays majors shrinking and regionals growing or at least holding steady the likely hood of ever making the leap to a major is diminishing daily.