Originally Posted by Half wing

Huh? Stop throwing ALPA pilots in a hole they didn’t deserve? I never said anything about increasing safety at United. I think the regionals have a very high degree of safety and their training programs are good. You may be projecting here. The regional product quality is low due to the whipsaw effect and budget restrictions but this has nothing to do with the quality of regional pilots. I myself came from a regional where I spent 9 years. Like the rest of the UA pilots I fly with, I want to grow mainline and shrink the regionals as much as possible and get as many of our regional brothers here as soon as possible making mainline pay. The Aviate program is trying to accomplish this.