Originally Posted by
Mercyful Fate
If there were more money to be made by the majors flying these airplanes, you can bet your life they would be doing it. Majors flying these airplanes is a regional pilots wet dream, as it would be a quicker route to getting hired by a major.
I absolutely agree. Given an endless supply of cheap labor, they have no reason to change. In an environment where entry-level people are looking for incentives beyond "They offered me a job!" to pick a regional to work for, a little creativity might be in order.
Originally Posted by
CBreezy
Delta's net income for 2014 was only 1.7% of total Revenue. So, does that mean they should close those doors too?
You've missed the entire point. The point was regarding low profit margins as they're correlated to how much revenue a smaller aircraft can generate, when compared against the costs of erroneous management teams at companies that don't really need to exist.... not about the low profit margin of the airline industry in general.