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Old 12-20-2013 | 07:29 PM
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sandrich
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Originally Posted by Bzzt
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.
Valid point, maybe I can't see a mainline United guy in a e145 seat per-say. But I think it's pretty realistic to see them axe 50 seaters, even some 76 seaters, in exchange for their own smaller aircraft, like the 135 seat CS300. At some point the cost increase from a higher salary has to be outweighed by the fee-for-departure mainline pays to it's regionals, especially once these departures start canceling left and right. Obviously there's more to it than that, and if I can predict the future I wouldn't be in aviation. But more seats at mainline could only be good for us, regardless of what seat that aircraft is in.
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