Originally Posted by
Beagle Pilot
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
No my point was that that we can't DO anything about it, because regulation is not coming back no matter how much we whine...better to spend your energy on other avenues. Regulation will only return in the event a true economic/industry catastrophe, following the Ch.7 liquidation of more than one legacy.
Originally Posted by
Beagle Pilot
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.
No doubt, they are sowing the seeds of their own destruction. Unfortunately, the senior leaders who only need to milk another ten or fewer years out of the system have no incentive to take a long term view. TODAY the RJ pilots subsidize a higher hourly rate for them. Tomorrow...who even cares about tomorrow, they'll be over the age of 65.