Originally Posted by
FlyJSH
That sounds nice, but where does it end? Main line hires regional X. Regional X flies flies the new Em-bardier One-Seventy-Nine-Hundred equipped with the SuperSnazy FMS loaded with data provided by Mappesen. An X plane flies into the side of a mountain because Mappesen had a typo on an MEA. REALISTICALLY (forgetting that everyone including Badyear, who made the tires will be sued) realistically, shoud the mainline be responsible?
Yeah, it sounds silly, but in our litigious society, it isn't far from the truth.
That's just the point. Majors want the rewards (extremely low-cost flying) without the responsibilities. When a Delta mainline aircraft gets in trouble, Delta is responsible, because Delta put the aircraft, crew, and its infrastructure in play to gain a profit. Either make Delta take the name off its surrogate aircraft, or own up when ITS NAMESAKE aircraft gets in trouble...let the mainline be responsible for lapses in training, crew fatigue, infrastructure, etc..on aircraft it puts in play. If it does NOT want this responsibility, make mainline take the mainline name off the outside. This crazy patchwork of regionals and mainlines is subterfuge to enrich executives and lawyers of mainlines and regionals at the expense of other industry workers...and it's done by legally bypassing traditional ideas of responsibility and accountability. Sam