Originally Posted by
AFOX1BRAVO
Look if your gonna bash regionals at least get your facts staight. The RJ's we're talking about have 66 seats. That's not equivalent to a 737, that's around half the capacity. As for work rules you're completely wrong also. Block or better, min day, premium pay, voluntary Jr man, holiday pay whether you work or not, 100% deadhead.
And before you label me an eager beaver IAH SkyWest stereotype know that I was on the ALPA OC last time around, think this whole deal sucks and will never fly a 700 out of IAH on the CAL code.
Dear god, you guys really love to point out 'it's really only 66 seats'. Sweet, wanna point out how cool the Economy Plus is as well! The airplane was bought almost entirely to make a generation of mainline metal redundant. Upgauging from 50 seaters has rarely occurred in comparison.
Thus we have a ton of new hires and happy upgrades at Skywest while a ton of furloughs at UAL occuir. Jerry better be smiling ear to ear right now, because his company has peaked and will shrink in this decade. The simple fact remains the big lawn dart doesn't not provide a fraction of the career earnings of what it replaced.