Originally Posted by
Mem9guy
Super,
I guess I should have come across a little different on my post. Seems that 33 hr layovers in the frozen tundra make me a little cranky. I agree that most pilots now have to fly RJ's or not fly 121 at all. Put me down as a fellow "Scope Hawk" I wish we flew them all too. I personally think that the 50 seater is just too long gone to recover, but we should be trying to regain control of any flying above that.
I have no problem where a guy comes from in terms of getting his experience. Wheather it is civil or military it shoud make no difference. I blame the companies and alpa for the amount of flying that the RJ does much of it that used to be main line flying. I prefer the business model of SWA or AT in that they have no relationships with regionals. It bothers me that the regionals get paid by DAL wheather there is a person in the set or not. Who cares if they are on time, provide a good service, and treat the passengers right. Many passengers are hostage to great disservices and have no other choice to fly. Most people I know hate flying the smaller aircraft(no slam intended just stating what I hear). DAL is only as good as it's worst regional carrier because when the customer goes away the plane still has DELTA on the side of it. I would not brand my self if it is not flown by DAL, owned by DAL and controled by DAL. Yes I know we can't fly to every small city but we could sure change the nature of the relationship between DAL and the regionals tied to us. I also think we need much better scope and alot of that could be cleared up by using population size to determine where the RJ flies i.e. ATL_DTW is obviously not a route that an RJ should be flying. Just my .02