AltantaBob

Airlines: Lowering the Standard Is Never the Best Choice

First off, its the regional airlines not the major airlines that are having this problem. And once again, the burden is at the traveling public. It's capitalism at work and they get what they pay for. The public doesn't want to pay more than $150 to go coast to coast so the airlines were forced to decimate pilot contracts over the last few years. Pensions were wiped out, pay cut over 50%, and benefits severely reduced. Now people are crying foul. The fact is that until they are willing to pay more for a ticket, this will be the byproduct.