PS just because the Boyd group says so doesn't mean so. The guy that came up with FedEx got a "D" on his paper by his college professor. They base all their assumptions on numbers and data gathered. They don't give any credit to creativity and thinking outside the box which some of those crazy people tend to do and be completely successful at it. (southwest)

Or EXJ or anyother company for that matter could simply yank the business from someone else. Some people here would be ****ed off but that's corporate wold. I doubt there is a forum where IBMers and HPers talk to one another. You gotta back your team or you shouldn't be with them. Talk about flying, airplanes, places to eat, ALPA, whatever. But don't fool yourself into thinking some other company is at fault for being able to provide a product possibly better than yours(whoever that may be). If skywest or EXJ ends up running commair, AA, Colgan, PNCL, ect out of business then that was good business on their part. The shareholders don't really care about the pilots and I don't blame them. The pilots don't care about the shareholders.

Hate to say this, I really do, but what's needed is a few good mergers to cut competing routes and aircraft. This would cut jobs. But with fewer of them the QOL would get better due to less competition. We need less jobs available in the market at the moment. I'm completely a hypocrite too because I want my arse to get in there. So I don't blame others for making the jump too. But they need some mergers and eliminations of competing routes so they can carry the same work load with less aircraft and less pilots while raising ticket prices and making the pilots that do have jobs have a nice QOL, a little more pride and happiness in the workplace, and you'd probably hear a sense of satisfaction in ALPA due to people having fatter wallets.

Then picket the FAA for allowing PFT programs like gulfstream to exist.... I do want to be SAABs boss too. My birthday is on the 8th i'm wishing.... Someday.