Originally Posted by
Mason32
Sorry, not trying to offend anybody. If the traveling public was truly aware of what is, or what can be, in the cockpits at regionals they would probably chose to travel by alternate means as well. I'll take two mainline flights to avoid even a direct regional flight every single day of the week.
In fact, when I commute to work I could easilly take one of our regional affiliates and arrive right at my own terminal, instead I will fly on a mainline carrier and do the airport shuffle to my terminal. The few people on here who know me, will attest to the validity of the fact that I don't ride regionals unless absolutely mandatory to do so.... or unless I know the crew personally. When I get on those things and the FO hasn't even started shaving daily yet, I typically will turn around and get off.
Now, that is not meant as a low blow, it's simply a statement of fact.
I don't know who your regional affiliates are but to judge all "regionals" is unfair. Skywest never lowered their mins below 1000, Comair is a senior group (even the reserve FO's) and my company (ASA) also has a senior captain group. Even the few bad apples we have are often paired with a 10-20 year captain. These are just the airlines I'm familiar with.
I respect your viewpoint and desire to avoid regionals. I would just prefer you don't come on the regional boards and say that I'm unsafe because I fly for a regional airline. A little tact goes a long way.