Originally Posted by
OpenClimb
Okie dokie. So the Department of Transportation is not a credible source, but you think a bunch of teenagers studying to be a pilot ARE credible?
According to that link to the DOT info listed Wikipedia (that you didn't read), Skywest, Envoy, and Expressjet are all "Majors" too. So for the context/purpose of this discussion, the DOT's definition of a "Major" airline isn't really relevant. If you have any other sources that define "Major" airline and include Frontier but exclude regional carriers and the like please share them now....
Do you even read this stuff before you click the Submit Reply button?
I obviously got further than you did...
The word you and your CFI candidate buddies are looking for is LEGACY. Frontier is not a Legacy carrier.
You and your buddies can now go back to debating whether the Coriolis Force makes toilet water spin in the opposite direction in the Southern Hemisphere. Carry on.
Not a Legacy. Agreed.
If you want to call Frontier a "Major", then by your own argument(s) you have to call SkyWest a "Major" too. So by following your logic pathways, maybe FAPA should just throw in the towel, copy/paste the SkyWest Student Council's pilot "agreement" and close up shop immediately.
We can keep arguing about this and you can keep being angry about not being employed at a desireable airline to work, or we can unite and actually try to move forward and elevate everyone here.