UAL knows the commuters will pay it. Will the (for example) ORD based person who lives in the Albany,NY area move? No. Are they going to drive to ORD? NO. They will P&M, but will pony up the loot. Petty on UAL,yes. Furloughing to farm out to regional carriers only to have the furloughees work for the very mainline-regional that put them on the street confirms their confidence in their decisions. They would save money and make more revenue by flying the most efficient size aircraft and staffing it appropriately. CRJ's that are plagued with maintainance and W&B issues into a filthy ORD gate,do not seem to be the way to go IMO.

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