View Poll Results: What will the regionals be flying in 5 years
Scope will go back to 50 seats or less
38
16.67%
Scope will allow more 76 jets but stay at 76 seats
94
41.23%
Scope will allow 100 Seats or less
60
26.32%
Scope will allow 125 seats or less
36
15.79%
Voters: 228. You may not vote on this poll
Will 100 seat aircraft come to the regionals?
08-22-2010 | 10:21 AM
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ALPA can do this.
If 2 unions develop it will be competitive to obtain flying for one group or the other and that WILL lead to the groups taking concessions to gain flying.
08-22-2010 | 04:00 PM
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Why should regionals be building new markets? Southwest manages to "build" a market just fine with Southwest crews flying Southwest planes.
Please expand on how ALPA can do anything. If ALPA represents both competing companies (or several), how are they going to do anything that doesn't impact the other carrier(s)?
If 2 unions develop it will be competitive to obtain flying for one group or the other and that WILL lead to the groups taking concessions to gain flying.
What "2" unions are you talking about? New flash. ALPA isn't "the" airline union. There are far more than two representing airline pilots in the USA.
08-22-2010 | 04:47 PM
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i hope not! Well folks, we are not commuters anymore, nor regionals. We just get paid and treated as such. Mind set has got to change. My opinion, anything over 50 goes to mainline. Good luck to all, and to all a goodnite!
08-22-2010 | 05:01 PM
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Why should regionals be building new markets? Southwest manages to "build" a market just fine with Southwest crews flying Southwest planes.
Please expand on how ALPA can do anything. If ALPA represents both competing companies (or several), how are they going to do anything that doesn't impact the other carrier(s)?
What "2" unions are you talking about? New flash. ALPA isn't "the" airline union. There are far more than two representing airline pilots in the USA.
Please expand on how ALPA can do anything. If ALPA represents both competing companies (or several), how are they going to do anything that doesn't impact the other carrier(s)?
What "2" unions are you talking about? New flash. ALPA isn't "the" airline union. There are far more than two representing airline pilots in the USA.
08-23-2010 | 10:06 AM
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Will 100 seat aircraft come to the regionals
Just curious if many of the people that frequent the major board know there is a poll on the regional board
"Will 100 seat aircraft come to the regionals".
Currently the poll results favor allowing more 76 seat or larger jets up to 125 seats by 83%. I'm just wondering how if many of the actual major pilots have bothered to vote in this poll or just don't care.
It seems to me there are a large number of regional pilots willing to fly larger and larger aircraft regardless of the cost to the career. If you have an opinion on giving up more flying to regionals go vote. I'm curious what the general opinion of where the industry is going is.
"Will 100 seat aircraft come to the regionals".
Currently the poll results favor allowing more 76 seat or larger jets up to 125 seats by 83%. I'm just wondering how if many of the actual major pilots have bothered to vote in this poll or just don't care.
It seems to me there are a large number of regional pilots willing to fly larger and larger aircraft regardless of the cost to the career. If you have an opinion on giving up more flying to regionals go vote. I'm curious what the general opinion of where the industry is going is.
08-23-2010 | 10:21 AM
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No, just that it's likely to happen. Nobody wants a career as a regional pilot. Unfortunately, it's not up to is regional pilots. Scope must be held by the majors or we'll all be flying 100 seat RJs whether we like it or not.
08-23-2010 | 10:25 AM
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I don't think your assumption is correct. It's those same "regional" contract pilots who will suffer the end result. And the top half of seniority at major carriers who contract their flying will not be largely affected regardless if their carrier contracts 100 -150 seat planes... or not.
That's precisely why it will happen.
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