STOP BLAMING THE REGIONALS!

Chautauqua would still be flying SAAB 340s around the NE if USAir hadn't given up the 50-seat jet.

United was Chautauqua's first customer for the E170.

USAir and Delta gave even more ground when they allowed up to 76 seats in exchange for a ratio of E170/CRJ900s for each new mainline jet.

Blaming the company that steps up to fill the need presented by mainline is displaced anger.

This fight will never be won by trying to fight from the bottom up. Those in the seats at the mainline carriers now are responsible for the direction the industry takes in the future.