Originally Posted by
Koolaidman
It isn't the pilots faults regionals are flying mainline routes. Trans States operates STL-DEN, STL-CLT, STL-BWI, those sound like mainline routes to me.
Define mainline route. Is it distance that makes it a mainline route? Is it the size of the cities on either end? In my opinion, mainline route is a route operated by a mainline aircraft, nothing more.
Originally Posted by
Koolaidman
Bringing ALPA in isn't going to change anything, getting more money isn't going to change anything. The majority of people don't think like Slappy, no one wants to take flying from other regionals, except Slappy. Why aren't you XJT guys bashing RAH pilots for the flying they were awarded? I assume they were awarded the flying because CAL felt they could as good as job for lower costs??? What a concept. I guess RAH is also bringing the industry down just like SkyWest because they provide a good product for less than XJT. Maybe we could all bash them for a while.
If only that were the case. The CHQ guys here in IAH and the CAL gate agents who have to deal with them do enough bashing on their own. Every time I'm down there on the hardstands all the gates with CHQ flights are a cluster of missing airplanes, missing crews, denied boardings and angry pax. Kinda funny and kinda sad at the same time. Plus, I'm sure CAL loves to see CHQ putting CAL pax on a plane painted in UAL colors. I'm sure the pax see it as "CAL couldn't get their act together so they had to have UAL come in and rescue us".