Originally Posted by saab2000

If the major/legacies don't like the fact that they are losing the flying then they should not CONCEDE it.

Believe me, I don't like it either. Whatever 'regional' is, it should be capped at 50 seats or less. Or a certain distance or less. Or between airports of a certain size/capacity or less. I really do believe that. The flying I did for AWAC from ORD was real 'regional' flying as United Express. It was to/from smaller towns in the Midwest and the occasional longer flight like JAX or SAV.

All the pilots whine about how it is all going to contract carriers (so-called 'regional' airlines) but do nothing to stop it except raise the scope clauses and not come up with a better solution.

The pilots need to figure out a new paradigm that management/owners can work with. The managers/owners are smart, well-funded, highly educated and greedy individuals. If we want to compete with that we must do so by playing their games.

HMP is right, as much as I hate to admit it. But if we want to change it we must play by their rules, as they set the rules for the game.