Originally Posted by
stabapch
You appear to be lacking in elementary economic skills. UA has EIGHT regional feeds. Why is that? Do I really need to explain?
In a perfect world, mainline would give regionals with the best performance the flying. You know because cancelled flights angers customers which potentially choose to take their business elesewhere which translates to lost profits for the big wigs. Simple. Ask Delta how it’s done!
Not jealousy, but lots of frustration when the sub par guys that still can’t prove themselves get the flying contracts. UA will always be cheap and it’ll catch up.
XJT was the number one performer for years, but United rewarded flying to the lower performers like Republic and Mesa. UAL said we will be their E175 platform going forward, and recently purchased XJT a new E175 simulator to grow the fleet at a faster pace. Republic/Mesa are at risk of losing significant United flying over the next year or two. XJT hit bottom, in five or ten years we will hit the top. It’s cyclical.