Originally Posted by
pilotpayne
Because you don’t codeshare right? How about all those domestic flights that are not flown by mainline United. I would debate you but sine this is a quote from you I will spend my time praying for a preferential interview.
Flying to Redding, Baton Rouge, Devil’s Lake, Eureka, Harlingen, etc and the 100+ small cities that United Express flies to it doesn’t make sense to fly a 150 seat Airbus into it totally smart to codeshare to those cities. Those passengers feed our mainline and allow us to be paid to fly 777s to Paris, Auckland, Sydney, London, etc. I’d trade 76 and smaller seat jets to be able to fly 777/787/767 etc all over the world. Its a fair trade off. Global airlines need the network effect of that feed. Big regionals or LCCs don’t.