Originally Posted by
HercDriver130
This EXACT thought process that so called regional pilots are somehow inferior or less than those who fly at mainline is why mainline and feeder jet carriers will never integrate on any large scale. There is NOW and has always been this air of superiority promulgated by mainline pilots. FACT of the matter is Mainline MGT does not want any large scale integration. FACT is... they want OUT of the domestic business directly... meaning they would prefer that ALL domestic flying or at least the vast majority of it is done by contract or wholly owned carriers. They have been moving in this direction for 20 years ....the train has left the station... going to be real difficult to put that train back in the shed.
Herc,
I don't think it's a matter of superiority. I think it is more a matter of career expectations/earnings. A senior regional CA who has no intention of leaving has far less career expectations/earnings then the most jr guy on the mainline list. That really goes for ANY regional pilot who has yet to leave. Regardless of their intentions/desires to leave their respective regional, they aren't there yet. It would be very unfair to do anything more then a staple with fences around the RJs to protect the QOL for the regional lifers. IMHO.