The problem is that pay and work rules have been in a constant downward spiral especially since every airline has been in chapter 11. People want their ticket to Orlando for a little less and to make that type of market sustainable it comes at a price...and that is that the high paying pilot jobs are now few and far between. Pilots have to start somewhere but the problem is that with so much outsourcing of pilot jobs the mainline jobs are now hard to come by. Pilots cant just up and leave unless they want to leave the profession. When you start over at a new airline, you're at the bottom of the pay scale and the seniority list.

All of you should want your pilots to be fairly compensated. Airlines get what they pay for. Airlines that pay better typically have higher minimums for a pilot job meaning that the pilot applicant will be more experienced to be hired.