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Fortunes sour for regional airlines as majors prosper
Regional airline profits are shrinking, costs are rising, and they're having trouble finding enough pilots to work for the salaries they pay. (www.usatoday.com) और अधिक...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
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The majors are simply regaining flying outsourced a decade ago. Do you want to fly an RJ or 777? Don't be so short sighted. If a flight is over an hour long, it should be at a minimum a 737. The days where an RJ flies 3 hour flights should be over.
the seating is actually more comfortable on an RJ vs a newer 737
What's wrong with the ERJ135/145 aircraft?
1. Tiny seats. I'm 6'4" tall and my wife is 5'11". We can't sit together comfortably, so we reserve single seats behind each other on the left side of the cabin whenever we're forced to fly on them.
2. Lack of cabin storage. Passengers must gate-check cabin bags to be stored in the hold. Nothing larger than a purse can be taken into the cabin, which is ridiculous considering the length of the routes these aircraft are used on. (e.g. 2.5 hours IND-MIA or IND-IAH)
3. Miniscule restroom. Even the pilots get stuck in them (DL6132).
4. No first class section. Passengers in premium seats pay premium bucks.
Even the relatively short flight from IND to ORD can be arduous; we connect through DFW whenever possible because all of those flights are on MD-80s. One of the reasons that Southwest has become so popular is that they use larger aircraft and larger seat pitch.
1. Tiny seats. I'm 6'4" tall and my wife is 5'11". We can't sit together comfortably, so we reserve single seats behind each other on the left side of the cabin whenever we're forced to fly on them.
2. Lack of cabin storage. Passengers must gate-check cabin bags to be stored in the hold. Nothing larger than a purse can be taken into the cabin, which is ridiculous considering the length of the routes these aircraft are used on. (e.g. 2.5 hours IND-MIA or IND-IAH)
3. Miniscule restroom. Even the pilots get stuck in them (DL6132).
4. No first class section. Passengers in premium seats pay premium bucks.
Even the relatively short flight from IND to ORD can be arduous; we connect through DFW whenever possible because all of those flights are on MD-80s. One of the reasons that Southwest has become so popular is that they use larger aircraft and larger seat pitch.
Only if you are 5'2" and weigh 90 lbs. The RJ type should not be on major routes. Hub city to hub city in an RJ - ya right!!!
Are they nuts ? The only shortage they have is one of enough stupid pilots willing to work for substandard wages, with a substandard schedule with not a sliver of a work/ life balance.
That's the only shortage they have. Even the GAO study agrees.
Shortage !!!! Shortage of the brain power with these regional Ceo's and bean counters.