Originally Posted by highfarfast (Post 2934903)

I've never told anyone I work for American. I have noticed, though, that non-aviation people that know me and have heard me explain the difference will continually refer to me as 'working for American'. Apparently the distinction only matters to me. Hell, even my wife struggles with it apparently because she never refers to either Envoy or American.... she just says I work for "the airlines". Plural like that... as if I worked for ALL airlines. lol

Originally Posted by Cyio (Post 2935073)

Yeah I would agree. The only people that care are ourselves as most dont understand the way the system is rigged, even after explaining it to them.

Much like the poster above, despite my repeated attempts, it seems you just get lumped in. I cant say I blame them, AA goes to extreme lengths to blur the line of their mainline/regional operations.

Originally Posted by pitchattitude (Post 2935079)

Unless something happens they want distance from.

Originally Posted by Cyio (Post 2935073)

Yeah I would agree. The only people that care are ourselves as most dont understand the way the system is rigged, even after explaining it to them.

Much like the poster above, despite my repeated attempts, it seems you just get lumped in. I cant say I blame them, AA goes to extreme lengths to blur the line of their mainline/regional operations.

Originally Posted by Bassman1985 (Post 2935577)

No matter how hard AA tries to blur the lines, my paycheck still makes it VERY clear how little they regard our hard work. I’ll never be confused about being a regional pilot as long as the pay and work rules at our level of this caste system persist.