Time to Command
filejw,
I never left Continental Mainline,I paid my dues at a regional carrier sixteen years ago,my point is that career advancement at the mainline is nonexistent because of the RJ
and not 9/11 or the economy. As an example we just 'started' service to Daytona Beach FL from NY,with, you guessed it Regional Jet Service subsidized by the city,supposedly we have to
'grow' this market to warrant mainline service.
I used to fly to DAB on a 727-200 and we were full all the time the market has no need to be 'grown' management is simply replacing mainline flying with low cost labour and aircraft, they will
also attempt to reduce our flying with the new three way code-share CO/DAL/NW.
When you read of Continental shrinking further it doesn't mention that the Express division has never stopped growing 15-20%
per year. If they could get awaywith it they'dbe flying the bloody
RJ's to Europe!