Originally Posted by
Trowserchilli
Man I hate to say it but the DOT can say whatever they want and that's not going to win your/our case for Frontier to be considered a Major.
Go to any pilot puppy mill in Florida or Arizona; ask the CFIs and the students there (the ones that aren't going home to Asia to sit right seat in a 'bus) what their goals are. I'm willing to bet something like 9.5 out of 10 will tell you that they want to fly for a major airline. They all say "The Majors" as if they are somehow going to fly for all of them at the same time. Ask them what "The Majors" are... they'll say:
United. Delta. American. heck even FedEx & UPS. MAYBE Southwest.
Unless mom or dad works for Frontier, you won't hear them mention the airline at all. Same with Spirit, Allegiant, Jetblue.
Now ask them why they're not willing to go to Frontier or the others and if they're polite you'll get a response like: "well, I wouldn't turn down a job there, but they don't pay very well" or "they don't have good travel benefits" or "I want to fly something bigger than an A320 someday"... etc etc etc.