I think one of the biggest problems is the mentality that pay should be based on what you fly. I don't care if it has 19 seats or 500 seats, you should be paid to fly as a professional pilot accordingly. It should be a longevity pay scale across the board. If you've been with the company 20 years and want to fly an RJ, you should have that option and still have the ability to make a decent living. If that means the junior guys are stuck flying across the pond making a lower wage until they build up their seniority, then that's how it should be since that's what their seniority holds. Personally, I have no desire to ever fly international routes, and I enjoy flying 5-6 times a day if it's an efficient schedule, but since the highest paying jobs appear to be long haul international flights (ignoring southwest in this example), that kind of forces people into them. Lets be honest, we all essentially do the same thing regardless of the size of the A/C (although I'm sure plenty of people on here are about to tell me otherwise).