The real problem is stupidity
As Elizabeth Taylor once said, "If someone is stupid enough to offer me a million dollars to make a movie, I am not stupid enough to say no."
If low fares are on offer, passengers will take them. It may surprise some as here but airlines are not in business to provide (high paying) jobs to employees. They are in business to make money. (something very few do)
What seems to elude so many pilots is you want good cash, work for someone ,Southwest, UPS, FEDEX, who makes money.
Do you think that customers will shell over extra so you can make more money?
Regulation is not coming back as there are more passengers who vote than airline employees.
AS someone else on here likes to say, "Them's the facts"
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