Regionals vs. Majors

tlove482 said:
Everyone complains about the regionals. Take away the difference in pay and then compare them. What would the major differences be?
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You should come to dinner with my Dad and I sometime. We'll fill you in.

The conversation around the dinner table, while occasionally acrimonious when it comes to things like "scope," is really illuminating. And fuels me with a desire to move up, and ON.

Nark said:
Everything to do with work rules ie. CBA.
For my ALPA friends, compare JetBlue and Skywest.
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Not the same league. Try comparing PSA (Envoy) (Compass) (Republic) and SkyWest. jetBlue to, say, Virgin America, Spirit, etc. (As was said in Pulp Fiction - that ain't even the same sport!)

Working for a fee-for-departure carrier is, fundamentally, a different reality than an airline that "owns" its own flying. Life at an FFDC will never come close to approximating that of a major airline.

PeanuckleCRJ said:
I don't know of any contract carrier that doesn't have priority for the jumpseat on its own metal (e.g. PSA pilot on a PSA plane pm and so on), wholly owned or not.
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American Eagle op. by SkyWest Airlines (do not get me started).

Derg said:
Catering in MSP has killed my monthly D-0 numbers because I'm simply not going to launch a three hour flight without proper catering and there's something funky in the water there when it comes to catering and cleaning showing up on time.
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Oh, so what you're saying is, where you work and I work are basically the same, minus the second row of buttons and a hundred or so bucks an hour, plus time off; and strike MSP and replace with SFO, ORD.


Seggy said:
Work rules are very good/lucrative here. We just call it by normal names.
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It's a 7ER...
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Derg said:
You really don't want to know how big the last one was.
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Again, the difference is staggering.

"Winning together" is a foreign concept in the FFDC sector. Peter Gibbons probably put it best.
 
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Derg said:
Hey, HEY! I'm the boss of @Autothrust Blue. Hush! :)
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Not yet.

You (and I) wish, though. You'll never have to tell me to put on the hat, play nicely with the onboard leader (or whatever the term of the week is - flight leader?), do things the way that the Company wants the 'bus flown, not touch that circuit breaker even though we think/know that'll fix it, and so on. And it'll save your coworkers effort too, because they can just say "HEY DOUG!" and get us to both pay attention.

Available immediately, and references upon request. Sir.
 
Hey now....most people I know flying on us from your place appreciate the fact they don't have to connect through ATL, MSP or DTW! We actually go nonstop where they need to go!
 
Autothrust Blue said:
Not yet.

You (and I) wish, though. You'll never have to tell me to put on the hat, play nicely with the onboard leader (or whatever the term of the week is - flight leader?), do things the way that the Company wants the 'bus flown, not touch that circuit breaker even though we think/know that'll fix it, and so on. And it'll save your coworkers effort too, because they can just say "HEY DOUG!" and get us to both pay attention.

Available immediately, and references upon request. Sir.
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I said "purser" once and was notified that it was a domestic flight.

Then I said "A line" and was asked if I was an old school "southie"

Then I said "Lead?" and lost that battle too.

"Head stew?" silence.

"Flight leader?" and was told that was stupid because the captain is actually the leader.

I revert to "Who is flying 'A'?" when I brief and that seems to be universally acceptable on the submarine.
 
Derg said:
I said "purser" once and was notified that it was a domestic flight.

Then I said "A line" and was asked if I was an old school "southie"

Then I said "Lead?" and lost that battle too.

"Head stew?" silence.

"Flight leader?" and was told that was stupid because the captain is actually the leader.

I revert to "Who is flying 'A'?" when I brief and that seems to be universally acceptable on the submarine.
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You can't win sometimes.

"Who's in charge up in'chaw?"
 
Seggy said:
Jeez, it was said in jest.

Notice he even responded with a picture to make a 'funny'.
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We're all speaking in jest, my friend!

I'm not part of the "Game of Thrones" style "I got hired at XYZ, therefore my god-ceo-king says I must vanquish ABC, so say we all!' :)
 
Are the regionals the new career goal? I noticed on APC that 10 year captains easily exceed 60k. For somebody who lives in base and is not
very ambitious, what is the point of going to the Majors to start over again? Chase a bigger paycheck or stay local with good senority? It's not always bout the money.
 
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