Originally Posted by JoeyMeatballs

This isnt a knock at the ASA pilot group, but what it comes down to is ASA management is used to running a small airline that barely flew across state lines...... The New "Expressjet" is much much larger, has a much more dynamic route structure, has additional bases in ORD, EWR, IAH, CLE, IAD, IAH etc. The ASA M/X program is a joke. When I started at XJT almost 7 years ago, airplanes simply did not have MEL, and if they did, they were fixed the next day. The airplanes now carry MULTIPLE MELs for days on end. The "ASA" way of doing things is to not "stock" parts because that costs money. (apparently the hundreds of millions of dollars Skywest has isnt enough to stock parts in major hubs). Schedulers are overworked and under-paid and don't know the contract, nor do they care to. The Dispatchers are new, they don't know much and half the time dont get back to you via ACARS and if they do, it's usually a message "You aren't the only A/C in the world".............its pathetic.

The bottom line is XJT used to be run like a major airline until ASA came around and decided they would run it "their way". The result is a De-evolution of a once great airline.