You might be a regional airline pilot if
Regardless of what the "DOT" definition says..
THE REALITY IS....if you are ANYTHING "EXPRESS"...you are working for a regional airline..
If your day involves 13 hours of duty and you still don't even leave a state, you're working for a regional airline
If you fly 8 legs a day, you're working for a regional airline..(sorry you SWA guys, i heard the major will be hiring soon)
If you carry a little blue bag with sandwiches made from home in the cockpit..you're working for a regional airline..
If you keep referring to a 737 as "THE WHALE", you're working for a regional airline..
If your airline takes 30 minutes to board 40 passengers, you're working for a regional airline..
If you request "lav service" and the guy on the radio suggests you do it youself...you're working for a regional airline..
If your cruising altitude is less than 5000', you're working for a regional airline
If at anytime in your career, you had a passenger sh!t in the airplane because your airplanes don't have a LAV, you're working for a regional airline..
If your airplane only requires the "displaced threshold" portion of the runway to takeoff..you're working for a regional airline
If the "cockpit door" on your airplane is a curtain..you're working for a regional airline (jetstream31)
If half of your company's airplane have 1 major airline's paint scheme, and the other half has another major airline's paint scheme, you're working for a regoinal airline..
If your company has pilot domiciles that only has 2 or 3 lines, you're working for a regional airline
If every seat on your airplane is both a "window" AND an "aisle" seat, you're working for a regional airline.
If the "heavies" at your company is only half the weight of 737, you're working for a regional airline..
If the only time you see more than one flight attendant working together is during a 3-some, you're working for a regional airline...
If you are following a turboprop on final and the tower tells you "caution wake turbulence"..you're working for a regional airline..
If you ever had a passenger asked you "is this thing safe"?? you're working for a regional airline..(i have to admit that really pisses me off when they do that)
If earplugs are passed out during the boarding process, you're working for a regional airline.
If your passengers have to take several bus rides to get to your airplane, you're working for a regional airline
If the lowest level of a typical jetway is still higher than the top of your airplane, you're working for a regional airline..
If your passengers use a jetway, then have to walk down the stairs to get to the ramp, then walk over to your airplane..well, you know who you're working for.
Merry Christmas to everyone !!