ExpressJet and SkyWest?

BobDDuck said:
The DOT would beg to differ. Otherwise the single carrier status petition would have gone somewhere.
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Wait... I think we may be talking about two different things.
SkyWest owns two companies.
SkyWest Airlines. Non-Union pilot group.
Expressjet Airlines. Two pilot groups, both ALPA, who probably wouldn't agree on the color of the sky.
 
Blackhawk said:
Wait... I think we may be talking about two different things.
SkyWest owns two companies.
SkyWest Airlines. Non-Union pilot group.
Expressjet Airlines. Two pilot groups, both ALPA, who probably wouldn't agree on the color of the sky.
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Maybe that's why guys can't get along over there.
 
Personally, I never understood the backlash against SureJet. It isn't any more ridiculous of a name than ExpressJet.
 
To me, the whole "Express" moniker on regional airplanes is just ridiculous.

"Hi, we're a regional partner carrier. We're not like our hulking, behemoth, slow-as-molasses mainline partner. We do the same thing they do, but faster. Way faster. We're zipping around, running circles around Continental/United, getting their passengers to their destinations lickety-split. That's why we're "Express"."
 
Hacker15e said:
To me, the whole "Express" moniker on regional airplanes is just ridiculous.

"Hi, we're a regional partner carrier. We're not like our hulking, behemoth, slow-as-molasses mainline partner. We do the same thing they do, but faster. Way faster. We're zipping around, running circles around Continental/United, getting their passengers to their destinations lickety-split. That's why we're "Express"."
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Buddy of mine posted two screenshots of his flights with nearly identical time frames from his time at AA so far and his last year at SkyW. Ain't no 'regional' in regional that's for certain. His 'mainline' flying has covered the eastern 1/3 of the country and that's about it.
 
bike21 said:
Buddy of mine posted two screenshots of his flights with nearly identical time frames from his time at AA so far and his last year at SkyW. Ain't no 'regional' in regional that's for certain. His 'mainline' flying has covered the eastern 1/3 of the country and that's about it.
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Yeah, my idea of "regional" has expanded somewhat since I started flying for them. These are a few of my stops over the last several weeks. Definitely limited to a region of the world, but a nice sized chunk of U.S. regions.
 

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Hacker15e said:
To me, the whole "Express" moniker on regional airplanes is just ridiculous.

"Hi, we're a regional partner carrier. We're not like our hulking, behemoth, slow-as-molasses mainline partner. We do the same thing they do, but faster. Way faster. We're zipping around, running circles around Continental/United, getting their passengers to their destinations lickety-split. That's why we're "Express"."
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What I really don't understand is the hotel business picking it up. Why would I ever want "express" associated with a place I pay to rest and recharge?
 
Hacker15e said:
Personally, I never understood the backlash against SureJet. It isn't any more ridiculous of a name than ExpressJet.
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It's not that it was SureJet, it's that it was SU, Super, RE, Regional, Jet. The Super Regional? An airline name made after an acronym? Just call it Ted and kill the airline, already
 
jtrain609 said:
It's not that it was SureJet, it's that it was SU, Super, RE, Regional, Jet. The Super Regional? An airline name made after an acronym? Just call it Ted and kill the airline, already
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Ted jokes remain timeless.

"Ted is United, without you and I."
"Ted, the end of United."

(then, there are the Song jokes.)
 
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