Originally Posted by
gettinbumped
Great point. When the RJ first came out, management sold it as a tool to extend the reach of the airline and create new routes that would grow and eventually become mainline. I wonder how those guys sleep at night spewing that kind of dishonest crap?
I've always heard horror stories about Tilton, but Skywest's management is increasingly resembling top UAL management. It's depressing.
I will say, though, that while the large majority of Skywest's UAX flying is fee for departure, an increasing amount is at-risk--routes that UAL doesn't want to fly at all and doesn't really want to pay someone much to fly. I don't have any problem with those at all--it's places like (I think) Duluth, Paducah, Asheville, Midland, and a number of others. I'd prefer it to be mainline flying, but I don't think mainline wants it period.
But LAX-PDX in a CRJ200 is ridiculous.