Originally Posted by
minimwage4
Back when regionals were called commuters and flew metroliners and beech 1900s it made sense to outsource those routes. Somewhere along the way regionals got bigger but the model stayed the same. Now it's a bubble that's about to burst. Maybe it's time for majors to get the flying back.
There's nothing 'regional' about most of the routes we fly out west. SFO-AUS, IAH-ONT, LAX-MSP, DEN-YEG.
It still makes sense for the majors to outsource as much flying as they can. They just weren't allowed to because of scope at some point. Now that they've relaxed scope we get to fly those routes for $22/hour.