This kind of says it all. You guys are fighting over something that doesn't belong to any of you. To say some other company or pilot group "stole our flying," is a non starter. If it doesn't belong to you, how can it be stolen from you?

While I certainly understand company pride and loyalty, at the end of the day, all regionals are just providing contracted lift for some other airline. (Leaving out "Branded flying," as that obviously doesn't fit here.) The flying will always flow to the cheapest provider, until the product becomes so shoddy that it would be better to just do it in house. We're not there yet, but getting closer to it every day.