Originally Posted by
RJSAviator76
Furthermore, I don't care what anyone says... if an FO qualifies for food stamps if he has any family, and the captain makes under 70k a year flying for a scheduled airline - in my book, they're flying a regional jet.
SO by that logic, if Low Cost Airline were to pay their pilots that amount
to fly 757s, would you then consider the 757 a regional jet?
Pay has nothing to do with whether it's a regional jet or not. That is another topic completely.
Maybe in the beginning, you could say the word applied to the 50 seater, but the airlines started flying the plane well outside of the original mission profile and changed it for better or worse. Now it is a term applied to airplanes by management in order to manage pilot expectations of pay and QOL. Make them think they are "second class employees," and you can get away with treating them like dirt.