Originally Posted by
EVpilot
What exactly constitutes a mainline sized aircraft? I'm not at eagle or aa so I have no dog in this fight. But I certainly hope that our mainline partners can figure out a good answer for it because I have no desire to be a regional lifer. I will say that my take on mainline sized aircraft is any aircraft that the mainline pilots refuse to give up scope.
The best possible answer would have been any aircraft in the mainline livery should be a mainline aircraft. Subcontracting never should have existed. Unfortunately the cat is out of the bag and it doesn't seem to want to go back in.
AA has made it clear, any Jet over 50 seats, except for 50, 70 seat RJs, anything more is mainlines. So over 70 seats is mainline to AA, and the Regionals can only have 50 jets over 50 seats.
At CAL it is any jet over 50 seats.
At UAL it is any jet over 70 seats.
At USAIR it is any jet over 70 seats.
At Delta (the loose girl) it is any jet over 90 seats
, thanks guys, I wish we all had navy pensions.