Anybody ever think of this?
Hey, I am just wondering out loud here. What happens if these "RJ's" really take over, let's say, 40 percent of domestic traffic (in the future we are talking). Now you have these new "RJ's" that maybe have 70 or maybe 100 seats and the Captains are making around 90 bucks per hour. Now..........the guys from the regionals start thinking "hey, we need to up the ante a bit and finally get some good pay".
Here is what I am wondering: Wouldn't it be possible for management teams to try and undercut these guys as well by doing more outsourcing and using younger and younger guys who would be willing to work for even less to get experience? And could they do it to those guys, then the next guys and on and on until you have the "majors" that fly mostly long haul and international still making good money, but they have shrunk over the years. Then you have the first regionals that had a strong foothold but was undercut. These guys were making enough to have a fairly good living but now they are shrinking because of the next "regional".......You have, like, A, B, C and on scales..
I know this is taking it to the extreme but what do you folks think?