...while a very nice thought the regionals would jump starting pay to $40k a year to fill classes, something tells me they would somehow manage to keep it at $20k a year and get the FAA to approve the "multi crew license" here in the good ole' usa....then their new hires would simply need a "multi crew license" and away they go. I am sure that's their strategy for any possibility of an airline pilot "shortage". Nice thought though.....