Originally Posted by
SkylineAviation
Who cares if it was Republic, or Eagle, or XYZ. The public has no idea it was republic, or eagle, or AA to begin with. They bought a ticket and it said American Airlines...maybe in small letters it stated "operated by ..." but other than that most assume it's American. So all this talk about, this incident hurting the reputation of American Eagle Airlines is absolutely ridiculous.
And would someone please tell me any airline that is above being able to get into an accident/incident/violation. Any regional,major, or cargo operator could have the same problem or worse on any given day...it's happened in the past and will surely happen in the future. Just go look at the NTSB and FAA records for Eagle, AA, UAL, LUV, TWA, PanAm, Republic, JBLU, etc... NO Airline is above and beyond, don't act like your airline is special.
If anyone is so inclined I would recommend studying the subject of SMS and start with reading the book "Aviation Safety Programs, A Management Handbook" to just to begin understanding the subject of risk management in aviation.
Are you speaking of management operating in the grey area between an accident and safety? How airlines operate on the great area and everyday push it as far away from safety as possible as the safer side cost money.