Originally Posted by
Eric Stratton
with your "you have to start somewhere" theory, name me one startup airline that has ever raised the bar for pilots...
SWA? Early to mid-70's launch and ridiculed by Legacy pilots even into the 80's for their pay-per-trip model.
Fed-Ex
At some point, AA, United, Pan Am, TWA, Eastern, CAL and Delta were start-ups. In fact, those redneck bubba's at Delta were not even an airline, but one of the first crop-dusting companies - Huff-Daland Dusters and they sprayed for Boowevils in Louisiana.