Originally Posted by John Pennekamp

FWIW, I'm seeing more and more young FOs these days that have no desire to go to mainline. For them, they always wanted to be a jet pilot and they're there. This job is easy with low expectations, and they don't really care about the money, because they're wealthy. They see friends at Delta flying 5 legs in a junk maddog or commuting to a NYC crashpad and say no thanks.

For years, mainline pilots have used us as bargaining chips, with empty promises of staples and flow throughs in exchange. It's hard to imagine a world where they don't have that to hold over us any more. "The times they are-a- changin'!"