Originally Posted by
bohicagain
I don't commute but fly with many that do and almost every single pilot that commutes does not even consider Pinnacle as an option if the flight is almost full. They say they have a better chance sitting on the john than in a CR2 jumpseat.
The compass/mesaba might have the same priority as mainline DAL and CMR on pinnacle but only after pinnacle pilots but ahead of other DCI carriers
I agree with this statement because my friends and I have been bumped off too many times from Pinnacle CRJ2 flights due to weight restrictions or gate agents too lazy to go back to the aircraft and make an accurate count of empty seats. We usually avoid 9E flights if we find out the flight is near full because we know chances slim we will get on, so we try to get a ride with either NWA/XJ/CZ or DAL/SWA flights operating on mainline aircraft, which usually works better.
This is not to say Pinnacle pilots are not friendly towards jumpseaters. Quite the opposite is true. In fact, from my own experience, Pinnacle pilots in general have been friendlier than Compass pilots towards XJ pilots. And we try to extend the same courtesy to Pinnacle pilots on our aircraft. Come to think of it, I have never left behind any Pinnacle pilot from XJ flight.