COMMUTERS: If the regionals go under…
11-22-2022, 12:18 PM
#11
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Originally Posted by GreatBigSea
Pilots who live in base, what do you do when your airline closes that base and you suddenly find yourself commuting??
Yeah I said it. 🙄
Yeah I said it. 🙄
Last edited by Str8 Cash Homie; 11-22-2022 at 12:33 PM.
11-22-2022, 12:44 PM
#12
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Originally Posted by Str8 Cash Homie
That’s too bad. They should have picked a different profession or moved closer to a major hub. Yeah I said it.
They’re not replacing those routes with narrow-body aircraft. Management would be fools to replace a cash cow route for some small town RJ route that’ll barely profit anything if they’re lucky. You only have so many narrow-body’s and RJ’s. They’ll replace the 50 seaters with 76 seaters.
Then they’ll go from 3-4 76 seaters a day to 1 maybe 2, then 0, and your sorry ass will be waking up at 3:30am in morning to drive 6 hours to your company hub.
That’s what’s going to happen. It is what it is, like I said before, should have picked a better place to live or different profession.
They’re not replacing those routes with narrow-body aircraft. Management would be fools to replace a cash cow route for some small town RJ route that’ll barely profit anything if they’re lucky. You only have so many narrow-body’s and RJ’s. They’ll replace the 50 seaters with 76 seaters.
Then they’ll go from 3-4 76 seaters a day to 1 maybe 2, then 0, and your sorry ass will be waking up at 3:30am in morning to drive 6 hours to your company hub.
That’s what’s going to happen. It is what it is, like I said before, should have picked a better place to live or different profession.
11-22-2022, 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Midsomer
There was a time before RJ’s when those routes were flown by mainline and the mainline was profitable. RJ’s were the CEO’s wet dream of post 9/11 world. Times have changed. They weren’t profitable in the early 2000’s they are even worse financially now. When the mainline gets enough planes and pilots in the places they want the RJ will be toast. It’s taken 20+ years but hopefully the camel will be removed from the tent.
They’re not giving up those cash cow routes to go chase some small town routes they can’t operate with RJ’s because of pilot staffing.
It is what it is, this has nothing to do with “20+ years of RJ’s taking our jobs”. The RJ’s will go away WITH the small town routes. The only “wet dream” is thinking it’s going to be replaced with mainline aircraft.
Last edited by Str8 Cash Homie; 11-22-2022 at 01:21 PM.
11-22-2022, 02:49 PM
#16
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Originally Posted by GreatBigSea
Pilots who live in base, what do you do when your airline closes that base and you suddenly find yourself commuting??
Yeah I said it. 🙄
Yeah I said it. 🙄
11-22-2022, 03:29 PM
#17
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Originally Posted by Str8 Cash Homie
So you believe your company pulling out of a major hub is the same circumstance for said commuters as your company pulling out of a small town connection airport. 🙄
11-22-2022, 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Lakeaffect
Not exactly the same, but it doesn’t take a genius to figure out the similarities.
You will be forced to move or drive. Either way you’re holding this L.
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