Originally Posted by
PhantomHawk
I’d be very happy if UAL decided to put 2 737s or Airbus 320’s instead of RJs. That would be good for me AND anybody who wants to move on. If the “stepping stone” gets too big, people decide not to step forward.......which is XJT’s biggest issue.
This fallacy mythical statement has been said for at least 20yrs now. Wash rise, repeat. Heard the same crap when I was at the regionals. Nothing is guaranteed in this business. You have no clue if you’ll ever get out to where you want to be. You may be the “lifer”, and so what if you are? Who gives a rats? It’s a job.
All the legacies have been putting mainline aircraft into cities that were predominantly RJ cities in the past. I have plenty of friends who are regional
Lifers. They're married, kids etc. I don’t think any less of them. What, they should quit to let the FO’s upgrade? Ha! It’s a dog eat dog world, and we’re all wearing milkbone underwear.