regarding frontline show:
did you see the way the regional airline association vice president was sticking his chin out?
the man had no shame.
I came up through 3 regionals. I quit the first for flying over gross weight...the second, the best, which did everything right...they went out of business...couldn't compete. the third was pretty crappy and I left for a job with a major.
but this was 22 years ago...and everyone was trying to be a good pilot because at a moment's notice you would be in a sim for a major airline interview and you had to show them you could fly well.
they could have done so much more with this show...for example the head of the FAA, former head of ALPA could have answered the question how he could support a merger policy which would put a 20year veteran junior to a 7 year pilot!
Could have also mentioned that major airlines had pilot contracts that prohibited deadheading on regionals!