Should there be a raise in minimum wage for pilots?

I absolutely agree with you on this subject. It is absurd that a Walmart greater can be paid greater than some regional pilots. No offense to greaters or anything. There would be many benefits in paying more to regional pilots. First off, being under payed and working eight hour days is not a good combination and it shows by the number of little and big accidents that have occurred here and there in the last few years. Being paid more is a huge incentive towards focusing even more then they already do at flying and safety. ( This does not suggest pilots aren't already very careful and smart people, because they are). Another bonus would be more company loyalty. Unfortunately regional carriers are not going to do this because of many reasons. For one thing, regional carriers are having a very hard time with oil prices and other difficulties. The fact is pilots are the last of their concerns. Colgan air for example did not even properly train their pilots for flying the Bombardier q400 when they bought those, because they knew of the cost involved. Another difficulty is ticket prices would undoubtedly increase. I totally agree though. It would be great to have the minimum pay be increased by at least 5000 because that would be a start. Lets hope so.