Originally Posted by
saxman66
So now that the damage has been done, with regionals flying mainline aircraft, how do we fix this? The regionals are slowly also becoming career airlines. Which is a bad thing. Senior guys just stick around until they retire. (and I really can't blame them) But they are really against having their mainline counterparts take the RJ flying, anything bigger than 50 seats. I think that would be awesome. I really want to get the hell out of my regional sooner than later and have a real career, but it looks like I'm going to be stuck for a while. Upgrade is years away for me.

What is wrong with being a lifer at a regional? What makes a mainline career more "real" than one at a regional?
sounds a little cocky to me...