Originally Posted by
mooney
You're joking right? April fools?
Several times on the first day of class at my airline the CEO, DO or other higher power has walked into class and said "We DO NOT want you here in 3 years. You are a liability to us if you stay longer than 3 years. We want you to upgrade as soon as you hit mins, get 1000 tpic and get the heck out." Regionals HATE 4 year plus payscale captains.
So a CA who spends 20 years at "good" regional is hurting the industry more than someone who is willing to work for 14 buck and hour for 4 years at a "bad regional?"
One of my first days at Colgan the instructor said they wanted a good 2 years out of us and that is what they expected more or less.
I've always wanted more details about the below:
1993
Comair changed the U.S. airline industry forever in June when it became the Western Hemisphere launch customer for the 50-passenger Canadair Regional Jet. By 1993, Comair had grown to serve more than 68 locations in 23 states and three countries, employing more than 2,200 aviation professionals.
I have often heard that one can point the finger at Delta for not wanting to fly the first regional jets. They could have stopped what we have now in it's tracks back in the early 90's. Hindsight is always 20/20, but I have never been able to find any hard facts about how the above actually went down. Any thoughts?