+1


There will always be a need for >50 seat airplanes (likely turbo props) serving small outstations. The mainline will not want to handle that flying in house. However, in 10 years I see a lot of the flying done by the CRJ-9s and E170s to be done back under the mainline certificate.

There are nowhere near enough new pilots entering the pipeline to meet the forecast attrition at the regionals. 10 years from now, all the current regional pilots will have had the opportunity to move to the majors. Some will chose to stay put, but 75% will have moved up.