Man you must be right. Why would CAL want to go with a regional that can be on-time once in a while and actually paint their aircraft? Give me a break dude. Are you honestly proud every time you walk up to a dirty, old, un-painted 145?

You can dog Mesa & GOJET pilots for being uncutters or scabs, but in 30 years when our kids are being taught how the airline industry went to hell, only one name will come up. REPUBLIC. They will come up in school when the teacher is teaching about the profession and they will come up at home when I'm sitting in my trailer along I-90 and I'm trying to explain to my kids why we ran out of food stamps and why mommy left.