Originally Posted by
G-Dog
Let me take this a step further. Are there any mainline guys willing to fly the 145? Forget all the regional guy who flies it now. The regional guy will say yes, cause it means a seniority number at mainline. I am talking about right now, if CAL said no more Express Jet and no more Colgan and no more Chautauqua, will the mainline guy fly the 145?
Yes, I bet they would....and doubly so if the option was fly an RJ or have that flying outsourced. I think the days of people being "too good" to fly small jets are over with.
That said, they'd have to re-arrange the payrates...the 170/175 or even the 145 in the CA seat likely have to pay at least a little more than the 777 in the FO seat.