Ask A Regional Pilot
 

What's a "major regional airline?"

Travelzoo: Ask a Pilot: A Candid Q&A


*Let me know if this has been posted already. I've been in trial the last couple days and have been neglecting my duties to the Forums.

His take on electronic devices is ignorant at best. Many of us have seen interference where electronic interference is at least a plausible explanation. Not to mention the fact that the cabin being "prepared" means all your crap (including phone) is stowed to prevent it from becoming a projectile, along with the loss of bandwidth across cell networks which is the purpose behind the FCC's separate and additional prohibition on airborne phone usage.

A "major regional airline" is a regional that fits the DOT definition of a major airline. It seems to me by the description of city pairings, he flies for Skywest. It is a good reminder on why an airline would never allow a pilot like this one to talk to the media. This candid conversation makes us all look very unprofessional.

An airline located in the "major national LLC" list on APC, not to be confused with a regional.

Seriously, what airline pilot writes like this:

I call shenanigans. this so called "First Officer" is not real, and if he is, identify him.

We have a winner! Tool of the Day!!

Idiot.

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"Major Regional". Same as "jumbo shrimp", or "government intelligence".

Wow.. the Huffing-and-puffington Post strikes again. I guess its too bad that the public has to be subject to this torture... maybe someday this "news" organization will actually start to produce anything half worthwhile. In the meantime, I want my 5 minutes back.