Originally Posted by
Tjlesatz
Hello everyone. I was just curious as to how the regional airlines work as far as what airline you fly for. For example SkyWest flies for United Express and Delta Connection (plus some others probably). What determines if you fly for UAX or DC or any of the other airlines?
Generally speaking, during initial training pilots are ranked according to skill. The best pilots fly for the delta feed, then united, on down to the bottom, usairways.
This basically sums it up. You better be on your A game if you plan on working for a DCI carrier.