TopGun, that's pretty narrow-minded of you to take a bad experience on Mesa/Freedom (the worst) and apply it to all regional carriers.... I have had bad experiences on Mesa/Freedom before. They are the exception. Next time try Comair, ASA, ExpressJet, Skywest, etc.. Every carrier has their occasional flight where nothing seems to go right. But I guess with your 'claimed' experience, you would only know this if the Mesa/Freedom jungle jet was in a 4-G negative dive with a Mig...

But I guess I dont need to tell you any of this.... with your top secret clearance, you can read about it.