Why do commuter guys call layovers overnights???
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SpiceWeasel
Tre Kronor
And why do you call us commuter guys??? You make it sound like we're just a bunch of guys going to work. Regional pilots are called regional pilots! Commuting is what you do when you are going to your place of work.
How about who cares what it is called?
SlumTodd_Millionaire
Evil Landlord Capitalist
I don't work for a "commuter," and all of the pilots I fly with say overnight. Can't say that I've ever heard many air line pilots saying "layover."
SpiceWeasel
Tre Kronor
They're called regional airlines. :crazy:
SlumTodd_Millionaire
Evil Landlord Capitalist
Size doesn't matter.
ZapBrannigan
Old School
I've called it an overnight my entire career. Never heard anyone call them "layovers".
SpiceWeasel
Tre Kronor
Sure it does. I know that as FO if I want a chance to live if we have to escape through the hatch in the RJ, I'd have to go first, because there are a lot of Captains that'd clog the exit, and DRANO doesn't float.Size doesn't matter.
Hacker15e
Dunning–Kruger Observer
So, the dude who spends one sentence showing how much he cares what he is called......then goes on to suggest it doesn't matter what it's called??
WTF difference does it make if you're called a "commuter" pilot or a "regional" pilot?
This, to me, is the same as when people get all bothered when they're called a "copilot" instead of a "first officer".
SlumTodd_Millionaire
Evil Landlord Capitalist
I always used "commuter" and "regional" interchangeably. Never bothered me. I almost always say "copilot" instead of "FO." Not sure why they should be considered offensive.
jtrain609
Anarcho-Bidenist
You mean the small airline I worked for that had 3,000 pilots and was a major by DOT standards?
Must be.
ZapBrannigan
Old School
That is the argument most commonly used by commuter pilots in hotel bars when attempting to pick up girls who aren't impressed by scooter-trash paychecks.
Nick
Well-Known Member
Formerly known as
I stopped referring to ExpressJet, SkyWest, Colgan, Pinnacle, etc. as 'regionals' sometime in the past year.
The attitude that it is a stepping stone that will not last long enough to bother attempting to improve them must cease and ditching the title that got its origins from the small commuter operations of the 80s and 90s is the first step.
Vendors.
Contract lift.
Fee for departure.
Wholly own subsidiary capacity.
Anything but 'regionals.'
After all, AirTran and Southwest are regional airlines compared to Cathay Pacific or Delta. It just depends on your perspective.
Great Lakes? CapeAir? They are still commuter/regional airlines in my mind.
But the ones with jets that seat about as many as a DC-9-10 or an F-28 and fly 3-4 hour legs between major cities?
Please join me in not referring to them as regionals. There's nothing regional about them.
I stopped referring to ExpressJet, SkyWest, Colgan, Pinnacle, etc. as 'regionals' sometime in the past year.
The attitude that it is a stepping stone that will not last long enough to bother attempting to improve them must cease and ditching the title that got its origins from the small commuter operations of the 80s and 90s is the first step.
Vendors.
Contract lift.
Fee for departure.
Wholly own subsidiary capacity.
Anything but 'regionals.'
After all, AirTran and Southwest are regional airlines compared to Cathay Pacific or Delta. It just depends on your perspective.
Great Lakes? CapeAir? They are still commuter/regional airlines in my mind.
But the ones with jets that seat about as many as a DC-9-10 or an F-28 and fly 3-4 hour legs between major cities?
Please join me in not referring to them as regionals. There's nothing regional about them.
SlumTodd_Millionaire
Evil Landlord Capitalist
Re: Formerly known as
ALPA calls them "fee for departure" carriers.
ALPA calls them "fee for departure" carriers.
BajtheJino
I'm looking at you.
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