Originally Posted by
Nantonaku
You don't see the hypocrisy in not being hired to fly a passenger in a big plane with the words "Delta" painted on the side but continuing to fly these exact same passengers in a small plane that says "Delta" on the side? I can't think of a better scenario to use the word (hypocrisy). The passengers all think Delta planes are flown by Delta pilots. If you don't want said pilot flying a big plane under the Delta banner then why is it okay to fly a little plane? It is the exact definition of hypocrisy.
You bring up a great point about passengers thinking it is a Delta plane. A passenger recently asked me about the "Delta Connection" brand. While incurring a delay he read online about it being a connection carrier. He wanted to know why it was a "third party vendor" (his words exactly) when he bought his ticket on Delta.com. I just informed him that it's the way it has been for a while and aircraft under 100 seats were not mainline airplanes and were flown by a contracted regional carrier.