Originally Posted by
sandrich
Just curious, fast forward 5, maybe 10 years... Do any of you see mainline in at least some of the RJ cockpits? I know United had a CRJ900 pay rate in their new contract (then again they also had A380 pay rates). Does anyone recall what they were? First year pay is $61/hr.....I can see it now "United Airlines hiring into the EMB170, $45/hr starting pay." I guess it depends how you look at it, US Airways operating "regional" sized aircraft, or RAH operating "mainline" sized aircraft.
I would doubt we'll see that, as the costs increase the amount of seats necessary per flight for profitability increases. I'm not sure how regionals will staff in 10-15 years but I would bet on foreign contract labor before mainline operating RJs.