Great, you can use those benefits to ride someone else as I won't let you Jumpseat on my mainline plane either. We will be "wt restricted' also just like every other RJ out there that I have ever tried to Jumpseat on. In fact we may have too much cargo to fill the empties in the cabin except for our own non-revs. Just like the "we don't have ballast or its too small up here for a jumpseater in the cockpit of the RJ". You get to watch us depart just like we watch you.

Hope that doesn't affect you on your way home either. That would be terrible. Maybe some of that string of express pilots I see from ORD to DEN or MCO will have to use all their extra pass benefits to get home. That is if they can find a mainline carrier pilot group they haven't pi$$ed off yet to carry them.

Here are my thoughts.

1. No one makes you commute. That means NO ONE. It is a choice and it has been part of the industry for a long time. If you didn't understand the possibile plus and minuses of commuting when you started that is not a mainline pilots fault.

2. Your base has been changed or closed. Again not a mainline pilots fault. You don't work for the mainline. You company bids for flying from every carrier in the US. You need to address you base concerns with your company. They bid the flying and move the basses. Again, not a mainline pilots fault.

3. Waste fuel. Good one. The majors never shuffle the deck with new carriers to replace the poor performing ones. Look at Mesa. They performed poorly and were replaced by Expressjet. Now Mesa is recalling and I wouldn't be surprised if they don't re-rise from tne ashes when the scope provisions kick in to fly more large RJ's. Please committ suicide with your FFD agreement. Perhaps the sooner your metrics get worse (not sure how that could be) UA can replace you. Not a mainline pilots fault that you don't understand that outsourced services are re-bid all the time. You are not doing yourself any favors by making your company less efficient.

4. If you decided to try to disrupt the operation by delaying flights. How would anyone know?

Finally I ageee the pass changes stink. However we too as mainline employees have had pass changed over the years. This world is full of changes. If you do not like the change YOU need to address it with YOuR management. Mainline pilots don't negotiate or do your dirty work for you. This issue is between the outsourced company and the mainline management. Should mainline pilots fight the battles for the cleaning crew that is outsourced when UA adjust their contract? Should the cleaners withhold cockpit trash bags in retaliation for mainline pilots not coming to join their cause?

There is a great deal of growing up that needs to take place in regional cockpits. I certainly hope some of this is being vetted in our hiring process. Maybe at least our crews can forward flights and dates where they were bumped or given hard times to the hiring team to weed those candidates from the stacks of applications.

I know I have sent emails and made phone calls regarding one SKYW Capt that I hope never gets a shot at UA. Surprisingly enough the pilot DID have an App in the stack. If he is hired I do hope we get to fly together. That would be great fun, for me at least.