Originally Posted by
ClickClickBoom
There ya go, it was to "teach" you guys a lesson. Jerry also told me to my face that "I don't see a future for turbojets at Skywest" during EMB120 ground school. Short of testifying in court under oath, management will say whatever they think, will make a point. You guys still have 700s? Don't listen to them, follow the money. If you don't think that they regularly sit down with UAL/DAL execs and discuss how to manipulate the process, PM me, I have a great, low mileage bridge for sale.
As we all know, flight crew costs are just a small percentage of the overall operating costs, but yeah it was to teach the "red-headed-unionized-stepchildren" what their place is at Inc.
Believe me, I know regional management will take an audience with mainline management anytime it can, but it doesn't mean the outcome will be any different. They can try and manipulate anything they want but the regional flying is shrinking as mainline grows.