Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Deregulation is long gone, under the bridge, down the river, and out to sea...that water is halfway to antartica by now! Why waste your breath on that?
If you seriously think the effects of deregulation are over and done with, then what do you attribute to the continued rise of low cost airlines and, what you term, "bottom feeders"? How could they even have existed prior to 1978?
Air Transportation: Deregulation and Its Consequences
Originally Posted by
rickair7777
career regional pilots (most of them) need to make their companies a comfortable, if not lucrative, place to hang out.
Agreed here. They need to drop the idea of regional airlines being mere stepping stones to "the majors". The majors are mere shells of what they once were in terms of pilot pay and benefits not to mention financial solvency.
They need to realize that they are in competition with some outdated ideas by legacy pilots about the future of domestic airlines in the USA and where they are most likely to spend the rest of their careers.
As for those same legacy pilots, they have a choice; continue seeing and treating the regional pilots as the enemy or seek to forge a strong and fair bond with them in order to exert as much control over their own careers as possible.