Originally Posted by
Slice
Exactly, just like the guys you were speaking about above.
Alllll right...I think you guys misunderstood my post. Ill break it down:
So how bout we get some more friggin 73s and Busses out there at mainline already!?!?
I was referring to the route and fleet planners at the mainline carriers. If RJs are so expensive and traffic (both cargo and pax) is growing so much, why aren't we seeing more small narrow-bodies going to mainline? I guess because the small narrow-bodies now are the CRJ-900, E175/190 which someone decided were still regional jets and snuck past the majors. That has to do with mainline pilot groups giving away the house on scope, not us regional guys.
And all you numb nuts tripping over yourselves to fly a CR9 or E190 at the regionals, KNOCK IT OFF! All you are doing is increasing your time at regionals and reducing the number of mainline jobs out there worth going to.
This was directed at numb nuts. Getting CR9s at your airline is NOT good for your career progression so stop acting like it is. It may feel like growth now but in the grand scheme of things it just moved a mainline job to a regional thereby prolonging your regional career. Now, if you want to fly your CR9/E175/E190 for say, what a DC-9 driver makes then by all means. But a 3% override? Give me a break.