Here's what I don't understand. Why do pilots care so much about how their airline is performing. Generally speaking, almost all pilots will get the airplane out on time if they can at all help it. Why is it an indication of how good the pilots are if their company schedules 30 minute plane swaps, delayed for maintenance or other?

It really is silly to sit here and judge a pilot group based solely on on-time performance, especially considering if those pilots were put in the others' shoes, they would undoubtedly have the exact same performance.

Agree. A pilot can't help if scheduling f---s up or if there are staffing issues. I don't imagine any of us fly around in broken airplanes either..

Maybe they will magically build new gate space so they never have to wait for one.

This is a very likely scenario. The new TA just voted in by our pilot group allows any "excess" aircraft to be leased out. When Delta drops the hammer on BBs head and cancels the contract, we're gonna have a plethora of "excess" aircraft.

The 175 can not be certified into ASE under 121.

It would do better getting in but it can't make the climb out SE departure or missed.

Republic tried. Perhaps SkyWest knows some people that know some people and can work some magic. I doubt it. However, the pax would love it.

Endeavor is the best regional in the Delta Connection portfolio in terms of operational performance.

Endeavorair performance went up significantly since OO is flying 16 of their planes.

The acf difference between most regionals is fractions. Nothing worth even mentioning.

AA wanted CP to try from LAX. You're correct, it can't be done. They tried.

That is a complete and utter fallacy. It holds no merit.