Originally Posted by logic1

The big bennifit regionals provide to mainline is less exposer to to aircraft leases, cheaper maintenance, flight attendants...etc. Mainline could staff the flight deck with its pilots. They would be trained by them, to thier standards and procedures and flow up the ranks of seniority....they would be thier own pilots flying the cheap regional aircraft. The regional could make money by owning the aircraft, flight attendants, Maint...etc