Because it ISN'T the type of flying. Its the mentality of Angle Lake. They have a REGIONAL mindset and the result is the route structure. Do you have any idea how long it took Greg Saretsky to get us to Hawaii? 6 or 7 YEARS after he first brought the idea up. "The yields are too low! It'll be filled with mileage freebies." Same song with LAS.

How did they groom senior managers? They all had to do a term of office at Horizon. In Brad's case it was in Accounting. Who do you think is behind "expanding" by adding ASMs and fee for departure RJs instead of more mainline airplanes? Thank a bean counter.

Anyone with wider vision gets squeezed out of the building...Saretsky, Keola Pang-Ching, etc. Throw in the Jet A boys taking over the 2nd floor and a pattern emerges.

Its not the flying, its the REGIONAL culture at Angle Lake that makes AS the 737 regional. As long as that attitude prevails in the puzzle palace they'll require a "poor sister" contract as compared with the Majors.