Originally Posted by Great Cornholio

I'd say it makes a big difference who flies them for 50K a year. At a regional you have to start over again at the bottom when you get hired at mainline. Another thing is the regional (under)staffing and other QOL issues that will make for a much better life of the pilots in terms other than pay.

At mainline you may make 50K to fly the RJ but you are already at mainline and just get to sit back and build seniority and retire. Then you get the mainline staffing levels trip/duty rigs, etc. It would be much better to have RJs at mainline even if the pay rates stayed low for a little while.