as a former regional dude I really feel strongly about people who think they are too good to fly an RJ if we brought it to mainline. with that said if someone has limited or no experience with regionals other than what their friends say, it can be easy to form misconceptions about how bad they are. I personally have no love lost for the -200 but would bid the 7/9 again in a heartbeat for our pay rates on those planes.

I try to assume the best in people on here as thing can be tough to convey tone over a message board. I know a few ex mil guys who have been at mainline for 25+ years with 0 concept of what the regionals are like who would go off about how “they can’t stand regional jets or any pilot who would fly one” (this was back when I was trying to decide if I wanted to pursue commercial aviation or try to join the ANG) and I can’t roll my eyes hard enough at people like that, But overall I’ve found most people are more reasonable.