Feeding Hubs?

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On 2/5/2003 10:30:32 PM ExAF wrote:
NWA is shifting domestic flying to Pinnacle and Mesaba because they can still get people to fly an RJ as a first year FO for about $17,000 a year instead of paying a first year DC-9 FO about $32,500 a year. The gap widens after the first year.
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$17000/yr vs $32000/yr
and yet many people still wonder why mainline is not getting this route (in addition to the fact that even if the payscale for an RJ and DC-9 was the same the DC-9 would be a tremendous waste of resources on this route).