Originally Posted by
O2pilot
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.
There was a day, not long ago when B6 and SWA pilots (LCCs) made more money than UAL pilots during concessions/bankruptcies. In fact many of those “LCC pilots” were furloughed UAL pilots. My point is, some humility is not a bad thing...remember contract 2000.
We tend to judge quickly based on current contracts/circumstances, but this industry changes rapidly and pilots have little to no control.
That being said, back to the original reply, seniority is one thing IMHO that one shouldn’t just give up for any price in the event of a merger just to fly a wide body. Again, my humble opinion, but some people chase the money, some quality of life. To each their own!