Originally Posted by toomanyrjs

"One level of safety" is a meaningless catch phrase thrown around by grand standing politicians. Regional airlines always have been and always will be inferior to any mainline company. Their very existence is predicated on them being the absolute cheapest. This is naturally going to lead to cut corners in hiring and training standards as well as every other aspect of the operation.

If an RJ crew had a dual engine failure on climb out over NYC, the last words on the CVR would have been "dude, we're gonna hit those buildings" just before the stall/spin into lower Manhattan.

There is simply no comparison between mainline and regionals.