Wow, really your friends are respected that much to make more than $492 a week?? Hate to break it to you but from what I see most people do make more than that. Regional FO's sure aren't making $2000 a week, but they should. Respected as individuals by the public and us maybe. Respected by the airlines themselves not so much so in my opinion

There may be a shortage of pilots willing to work for meager wages in the future. So yeah, there may be alot of jobs available. Question is whether the new vacancies will be regional jobs or mainline? 20,000 empty pilot seats doesn't mean much when a majority of them are $20,000 a year FO seats. In my opinion, I'd rather have 1 ferrari than 20 kia's in my driveway.