Originally Posted by
robthree
I beg to differ. The only difference is the pay scale.
US flies BOS-LGA 16 times daily on an A319.
DL flies BOS-LGA 16 times daily on an MD-88.
CO flies BOS-EWR 12 times daily on a B737-500.
AA flies BOS-LGA and BOS-JFK 14 times daily on an ERJ-135. (Operated by American Eagle)
You can beg all you want. I bet that if you looked at a monthly printout of a schedule from any of those companies and then looked at the schedule of the pilot of a 'regional' contract carrier you would find that the legacy/major carrier pilot ulimately flies fewer legs.
Not to pick a fight here. My point is that the work is the same.
Of course, I can't speak for all pilots at all companies. Different parts of the country have different needs. My company flies in the Northeast US and most of our schedules have between 4 and 7 legs per day. Most of the printouts I have seen of the pilots I have commuted with from United and Northwest have had between 2-4 legs per day. Of course, they are longer legs.
Peace.