It's sad that aviation professionals are making less than employees at a burger chain. No offense to them, of course - but come on... Airplanes vs. Burgers.. Wtf. I know Regional life isn't supposed to be easy but that's pushing it.
Yea perhaps its time to review and redo CBAs. At the end of the day though, most of us have paid our dues in the industry at the regional level. Whether dispatch, scheduling, flying or even being a FA, we have all tilled the regional soil so to speak. Lots of sacrifices (family and living wise), lots of thankless days and nights.
At least we have something much more promising to look forward too, unlike for many many fry cooks who for whatever reason- prob wont get much further along in life.