Originally Posted by MachJ:1433639
I understand your point; however, when looking at the probability that a customer will buy a ticket on Delta and then get on an outsourced flight you have to divide by the number of flights not block hours.
The regionals are there primarily to feed mainline. So the probability they fly both is quite high.
Still, what should matter most to us is the amount of pilot jobs at mainline, which happens to be increasing, and which is determined primarily by block hours.