One of the greatest slam-dunks made by Regional Airline Mgt over the last 8-9 years is that they've indoctrinated certain pilot groups into believing that certain other pilot groups should be embarrassed or apologize for having good contracts and work rules.
The simple fact is, that the carriers that are doing well now, agreed to fly 70-90 seat RJ's for the same rate that others were flying 50 seaters.