Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
What's the definition of a "well-respected" regional? They are all flying outsourced major airline routes. When Delta furloughed post 9/11, Comair and ASA grew a lot. What's the respect in that? Comairs MEC held Delta furloughs hostage. What's the respect in that? And two fatal hull losses in a 10 yr timeframe from 1997 to 2006. I don't see how Comair is any more respectable then other regional carriers.
Agreed. They may think they're the most respected from the inside looking out, but from the outside looking in, I can say they're not respected at all.
Many Comair pilots have always walked around with this "We're practically mainline, just flying RJs" attitude and looked down upon their companions at other regionals.
They're no better than any other, except for the fact that every pilot left there has made a bad career decision somewhere along the way... its why they're still there after so long. A regional is a place where jobs are outsourced to until the next bidding cycle. It isn't a career and its foolish to think otherwise, no matter how good things are at the current moment.