Originally Posted by
airlinepilot50
ExpressJet has the best E145 operation in the industry and United either does not grasp that simple fact or doesn't care.
Both. Literally both. What I've learned from two years in the UAX system: they're too incompetent to know it and if they did, they wouldn't care. Their reaction to Colgan made it very clear they only care about cheapness. Safety is a distant second and passenger experience isn't even on the radar.