Originally Posted by Wingedbeast

I'll never understand some of you people. Regional pilots probably work harder and have a harder job than "mainline" pilots do. If you can hack it at a regional you're more than prepared to fly mainline. It's those military only pilots that could use more evaluation.

Being "mainline" is nothing special. It's just bother cog in the machine. You people probably also act like captain upgrade is a big deal when at most airlines it's the exact same training as f/o just on the other seat.