Originally Posted by
Silver02ex
That makes no sense. If I was your customer, I would be paying you to do something for me right? Well, mainline puts out a bid, a regional agee to the bid, and operates those flights. The operater (the regionals) gets paid to do the flying. It's no difference as if you were to hire a contractor to do a job for you. What do you think a regional is? It's a contract operator. That's why it says "operated by xxxx airlines" on the side of the airplane. Yes, the paint keeps changing because that's what the customer (mainline) wants.
I think we might be doing the "apple and oranges" thing depending on which side of the "House" you're flying for. The logic of Mainline being the customer is for debate here, but it does not always depend on economics. If the CEO at Mainline X does not like the pax satisfaction numbers, the on time performance numbers, the safety record numbers, of Regional Y, Regional Y goes bye bye, and Regional Z steps into the picture. Sometimes, it something as simple of CEO of Mainline X hearing of CEO of Regional Y calling him a F%$#@*& ********* in the Bar, and again Y goes bye bye and Z steps in. In the above scenarios can anyone find where Mainline X lost something???? The NBA Players Association also thinks that the Owners are the "customers", however what is their risk or investment, or Regional Y's either???
