Originally Posted by Ftrooppilot

IF there were a severe pilot shortage "Pilot groups" such as those at regionals become a high value marketable product. Their companies and contractors will be very defensive. To nulify is to render or declare legally void or inoperative. The lawyers would have a ball and use up all those fund that could be defered into regional pilot pay.

A better idea (perhaps less legally complicated) would be to staple a wholy owned like Mesaba, implement regional aircraft pay rates similar to Jet Blue (helps retention), build a three year fence to preclude downward bidding (ie. DC9 FO to CRJ Capt) and allow senior regional pilot advancement to the major as attrition (retirements, etc.) causes losses at the top.

Is that a pipe dream of what.