I agree ..take it back... all of it.. is the only way... tooo many obstacles.
-- Try getting Mainline pilots to fly small jets for what the company is willing to pay... NOT ( oh.. thats part of the reason this situation is what it is )
-- I find it sad that some above said he was tired of being furloughed.... but 1000's of other would be furloughed if this came about... lives ruined...etc... just like what has happened already.....
-- Rick is right....there is a large group of regional pilots ... fairly senior CAs who make 80-120K per year....live in base... have great seniority.. good QOL.. and they are not going anywhere... NO incentive for them to support this
-- These regionals are LARGE corporations in and unto themselves..they are NOT going to go gracefully into the night and just close down without a fight ( buy them is the best way ) ..this is the reason RAH is doing what it has been doing... BB years ago foresaw the possible reduction in regional feed and made a decision to some way some how become a big plane airline... we will see how that works out
-- Its pretty ballsy to use the premise that regional guys should just fold up shop... and take one for the team... and HOPE they might get picked up by a major carrier...hum... yea.
-- I hope some way it can happen, the only way I see that it even having a chance is for the mainline carriers to just fold the code sharing regionals into the company as mainline employees. Anything else if fraught with peril.