Originally Posted by
Jetlinker
Hold on there dude. ExpressJet (formerly COEX) has been on CAL property flying only 50 seats or less for a loooong time, long before there were ever any furloughs at CAL. Our flying has been reduced and we have close to 350 on furlough. So don't get on the 'you've stolen mainline jobs' rant. Go bark at Republic.
Kettle, meet pot.
I remember when I got hired that CAL mainline used to fly all over the place domestically. St Louis, for instance, was all mainline. Then slowly but surely a company called Express started to grow. Amazingly we didn't and if I recall right for 7 years CAL didn't hire one single Pilot, (1990-1997).
To get on here and lament that people are stealing your flying is almost laughable. I don't wish this on anybody but it wasn't Republic who started this trend and a good look in the rear view mirror might be in order.