Originally Posted by NightIP

Oh my. Someone busting out the old "Cape Air isn't a real airline because they don't fly jets" routine.

Let me set you straight: I've flown a jet at a 121 regional, and I currently fly for Cape Air. It's the same job in smaller airplanes. We have 56 C402s and 2 ATR-42s, carried over 650,000 passengers in 2007, have more operations in/out of Boston Logan than any other carrier on a daily basis, and with the exception of the ATRs, do it with "Cape Air" plastered in big letters on the tail.

If you want to get into the "real airline" debate, we win. Not to put down jet regionals in any way (I'm still looking forward to taking recall to XJT if that ever happens), but RJ operators provide feed for a mainline operator. We provide our own transportation under our own name on our own ticket stock. Can Eagle say the same?