Originally Posted by Flip69

Yes the rates are cheaper outsourced, but the UA pilots will not allow 100 seaters at regionals. Talked to too many of them to realize that. The only question UAL has to decide now is whether it will be EMB190s or CRJ1000s. Probably the 190s. That's why UA wants 15000 pilots on property ASAP.
Regionals won't go away but will shrink noticeably in a few years and management already knows that. UA and DL want the reliability back and they won't get it with struggling regionals. They are taking it back slowly but surely. ORD to MSN used to be a Skywest flight but now has 737s doing the 30 minute flight. Regionals are just hiring now to keep the wheel spinning in the meantime.....