The 100-Seat Regional

[Tomct]

Zinger: I agree with you. These airplanes are flying a lot farther than "Regional" flying! We do the same work as mainline, but on a smaller scale. I would love nothing more than move onto mainline, but right now these airplanes are paying the bills! I truely hope things get better!

 

[Carl_Spackler]

That was just an example. Also making $100,000 means NOTHING, if you spend it. Hopefully they were smart, lived modest, saved, Roth, 401K, etc. But most people, when they earn big, they spend big.

 

[BILL LUMBERG]

Zinger: I agree with you. These airplanes are flying a lot farther than "Regional" flying! We do the same work as mainline, but on a smaller scale. I would love nothing more than move onto mainline, but right now these airplanes are paying the bills! I truely hope things get better!

Are we really sure the RJ is paying the bills??? If you are affiliated with a Wholly-owned, have you seen the books??? Does this include the siphoning of mainline pax away from the hub for the "RJ experience"??? All the while taking BS pay freezes and undercutting the other wholly-owned carriers just to get their hands on a few MAINLINE purchased jets.

If we are speaking of a fee-for-departure regional, THEY are paying their own bills, not tugging at the skirt of mainline whenever they need new planes and hiring pilots while mainline furloughees are on the street.

Really spools me up listening to the regional crowd brag about their results when no one person knows the TRUE financials except those in the boardroom.

 

[dojetdriver]

Good grief, when I read the headline to this thread I thought people were gojng to be talking about the orginal RJ's of 100 seat capacity. You know, the 737-200 and the DC-9?

LOL

 

[§kyye Candy]

The problem with most pilot groups is... they need to stop thinking like pilots and start thinking like management.

Otherwise, we will definitely see more "value" airilnes. So how does a 20-day (on) schedule @ $60K/year sound to you after a 30 year career of flying?