Originally Posted by
freezingflyboy
Alllll right...I think you guys misunderstood my post. Ill break it down:
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.
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.
I just think that everyone thinks it is funny how ppl get on an RJ and then start talking so much crap about the ppl outside still trying to get in. I know the mainline guys have to get tired of listening to it.
Any one that has been around for a year or so knows better...but they have already committed their time and are not willing to change.
At this point I don't think any pilot group has enough strength left to contain the situation. Does make one wonder if SWA's success might also be tied into not selling out their route structure to a regional.