Originally Posted by evodiver

Yes! As others have said, wouldn't you like your first job to be on a Major carriers seniority list? Or do you prefer to slog it out to build time for 1-15+ years and then start all over again at the bottom of a new seniority list?

But what is amazing to me is that a major carrier can open the check book to outright buy airplanes for another company to fly while the pilots employed by that carrier don't fly them. That to me is a huge hole in the scope language. I don't care what size they are, 45 seats or 425 seats. If the company buys the aircraft, their employees should to fly them, not some other companies pilots.

If Skywest or Mesa (or insert your regional here ___), buys airplanes to fulfill a contract so be it. Of course I would prefer zero outsourcing but that obviously goes without saying.