Originally Posted by
cmesoar
It is not just alaska that is to blame for this regional crap. All the legacies are to blame. DAL/Ual/AA has plenty of 70 to 90 seaters flying around and they are not flown by their own pilots.
Oh I agree 100%, and I wasn't putting the blame on Alaska for the regionals. My point was that, UAL/AA/DAL have seniroty lists 10,000+ deep with near 1000 aircraft across a global network. While the 3rd party regional thing sucks, I can understand why a 50 seater is better than an Airbus into some markets (Still should be mainline pilots), however Alaska is incredibly small compared to the big 3, and has farmed out a lot of flying into routes that were 737 Alaska routes. There is zero need for that other than company greed.
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