Originally Posted by GlasssPilot

You seem like an okay guy. A tad naive perhaps, but you mean well.

I understand exactly what you are saying. I put it in my own word to show how silly it is though.

There is zero chance of getting every regional pilot to quit, as I said, or demand more money, as you said, tomorrow. It's never going to happen. You said you turned down regional jobs because they are below you. I'm in the same boat. I'd never go back to a regional at this point either. But as long as there is a supply of young pilots trying to get a toehold in this industry there will be crappy regionals.

And the whole thing is set up by mainline managements with the help of mainline pilots. It's crazy UAL pax are flown by non UAL pilots...yet I bet today most domestic only itineraries on UAL will be flown by non UAL pilots.

If you ask management they'll say they HAVE to out source in order to compete. In a world where the difference between 1st page on priceline.com and 5th page is $3, every expense counts.

Now that several fleets have been parked and pilot ranks have shrunk I bet main line pilots realise the mistake of letting scope go for silly short term gains. But then there are a few that mistakenly blame the regional pilots who took the jobs mainline gave them, saying "if they just demanded as much money as we make..."

If they demanded as much they wouldn't have been given the flying in the first place.