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.