He'll slip a lot of pilots a bribe today, he'll grift back from them tomorrow.....or, "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today".

Could be just a red herring to retract later to make himself look better when offering a "comprehensive LBFO", but more likely since few will be showing up to fly E-175's in the future, he'll need RJ pilots at mainline.

We all should recognize the hiss of this snake.