No that's never good but always possible for any of us. Great long write up though to help further the message.

I still think regional flying should be no different than the DAL-ALK deal. You're flying on a different airline paint scheme and all and it's never ever referred to as anything but a seperate airline. No Delta Connection, no United Express, no Continental Express. It's Comair, it's Shuttle America, it's Expressjet.

As to Lake Charles. That's not the first time that has happened. Before I started flying there we had a crew do the same thing because that private field and the crappy and small Lake Charles airport airlines fly into are only 6 miles apart, about the same latitude and runways face the same direction.

I just remember the drum beat of being mindful of that issue when going in there late on a visual and the tower is closed, as in nobody to catch your mistake as you switch off Houston center and go to ctaf.

Here's the flight path: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/C...235Z/KIAH/KLCH