Well, sort of, in some cases. The point I was getting at was that regionals have gained while the majors lost. But not always the case. Like I said, I'm making less now than I did for the year 2002 for the same seat and I'm on a larger aircraft, about 7K less a year. AND having to spend more time away from home/in the cockpit to do it. Crap flows downhill in this thing.

The classic case of breaking the golden handcuffs. You've been in this long to know this one principle. You can have it pretty good at a regional. You can make good money at a regional, etc. But at the end of the day, it's STILL a regional. You're the whipping boy of your management, who is in turn the whipping boy of the management(s) your company feeds for. And all the market force crap that goes along with it. OR, in you're specific case, you're the whipping boy of your management, who is the whipping boy of the company that owns your company, that is the whipping boy of the managements your company feeds for. That makes you the whipping boy thrice removed. But to answer you question of what makes it better? As we all know, money can be a great equalizer.

I'd preferably be the number one whipping boy.