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Originally Posted by twebb (Post 767141)

You are right, nothing he said in that letter was a lie.

There was one lie, or maybe its a misconception: that regional service cannot be provided by major airline pilots.

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Originally Posted by rickair7777 (Post 768033)

No my point was that that we can't DO anything about it, because regulation is not coming back no matter how much we whine...better to spend your energy on other avenues.

Agreed on both counts. My point was the industry is still evolving due to deregulation. 9/11 didn't change our industry as much as accelerate what was already in progress.

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Originally Posted by rickair7777 (Post 768033)

No doubt, they are sowing the seeds of their own destruction. Unfortunately, the senior leaders who only need to milk another ten or fewer years out of the system have no incentive to take a long term view. TODAY the RJ pilots subsidize a higher hourly rate for them. Tomorrow...who even cares about tomorrow, they'll be over the age of 65.

True, unfortunately their younger and less experienced brethren are just as clueless and as caring about the future.

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Originally Posted by Jake Wheeler (Post 768109)

The modern airline industry will consist of large, low cost midsized airliners flown by the former regionals and severely downsized major airlines reinventing themselves as primarily international and major hub-to-major hub airlines.

This has been tried before...so far the attempts have never come close to success, they have ended on liquidation. Not saying it couldn't happen but it's not as easy as it sounds. There are many, many other factors other than pilot wages...the savings realized on $20K FO's cannot maker up for all of the other hurdles.