Originally Posted by
Flyby1206
I agree with this, and am going to take it a step further...
Regional carriers subsidize the high payscales of mainline partners. In order to recapture RJ flying the mainline carriers would have to take a huge paycut.
I thought mainline already took a huge paycut.
In order for mainline to recapture outsourced flying, RJ pilots must start demanding better pay and contracts so their flying becomes too expensive and it's better for mainline to do it in house. This benefits regional pilots by rasing their current rates and eventually opening up more mainline jobs.
Unfortunately it means a pilot group must be willing to take a contract negotiation to a strike and possibly shutdown their regional airline.