Originally Posted by
450knotOffice
The core issue with this thread is that it comes across as - probably unintentionally - pouring salt in the wound of a couple hundred long time LAX based Eagle pilots who first watched Skywest come in to share what used to be an exclusive hub, and which resulted in displacements to other bases (none closer than DFW), later followed by the base shutting down completely, forcing the rest of the pilots to be displaced into permanent long commutes. At the core, most AE pilots realize that the LAX base closing and reallocation of flying to Skywest, and now Mesa, had nothing to do with the individual pilots at those airlines. However, when someone from one of those airlines posts a thread about how happy they are to be able to fly AE flying out of LAX - when there are maybe 150 pilots who used to be based there as original AE pilots, who are now forced to commute due to a base closure - it can easily come across as thoughtless and inconsiderate gloating. I think that this causes some to lash out.
In a perfect world, we would all make 200k flying a 777 with 28 days off. We as pilots have no say in what management does, and it's not our fault/problem if aa gives your flying to someone else. Do you notice that none of the mesa threads include saying anything bad about other carriers? You don't own the internet, and you're not entitled to any base/flying. Our ORD crj base is closing in two months and is being given to SKW. A lot of people aren't happy that they need to commute somewhere else, but we're not crying about it to SKW pilots on APC. The truth is we work for REGIONAL airlines, so what's the big surprise every time they try to screw us?