Originally Posted by
HalinTexas
"...With regionals operating 53% of US domestic flights, "the regionals are the mainline," she said....
It's not by accident that the RAA and ATA us the term "Regional" at every opportunity to describe all of this outsourced flying. It's a way for them to obtain scope concessions from the out-of-touch mainline pilot groups.
How are things going to change when this type of flying is still called "regional". Let's all stop using the incorrect term first of all and call it what it is:
OUTSOURCED TRANSCONTINENTAL CONTRACT FLYING
How about the OTAG (Outsourced Transcontinental Airline Group) or CACA (Contract Airline Companies of America)?
Mods? How about a name change to this forum? Start a trend; The Outsourced Contract Forum?
The cost of safety was the very reason the outsourcing began in the first place. The airlines saw their chance at shifting flying to cheaper labor and simultaneously reducing the cost of safety through less stringent work rules and less experienced pilots.
It's pure hypocrisy for the NTSB and FAA to begin focusing on the outsourced pilots while ignoring the true developers of the outsourcing model itself.
winglet