Originally Posted by bob_the_d

i think to donjo's point, it's a lot to do with the regionals. people are noticing that mainline routes formerly with 73x's and 75x's are being replaced more and more with regional jets. now granted in my personal opinion, the usage of UAx's E170's and CR7's are lessening the blow, but there are a lot of routes that are being replaced by E145's and Q400's.

when you used to frequent a route on a jet and learn that it's been replaced by a Q400, that's never a pleasant thing to hear.

or at least this is what i'm noticing. out of the 17 planes i've been on YTD, surprisingly only seven of them have been on jets. the rest of them have been on regionals.

bob not pleased. bob hate regionals. bob like big jet planes.

but the commute to EWR is also super convenient for bob, so bob is going to give the UA/CO merger until EOY 2012 to decide whether to jump ship or not. call it a two year gamble. as the eternal optimist, i'm hoping that the merger will help in the long run.

some call me foolish for that.