Originally Posted by
Turbosina
Well for that to happen, mainline pilots would have to change their minds and elect to fly those aircraft. And mainline management would have to be willing to pay mainline wages to fly those aircraft. Neither of these two conditions has been true for a very long time.
That is a tired and RJ pilot myth on why they exist in the industry. Mainline has pay rates and work rules for the RJ. All management needs to do is put them in service at mainline. The big downside is all the RJ pilots that were locked in a bitter life timers that perpetuated the myth that mainline pilots put them in A corner get shown the door.
I highly suspect you were not in the industry when mainline forced RJ on the pilot groups. If you don't really know the history it would behoove you to learn so you don't sound so misinformed.