Originally Posted by
trip
The regionals (and indirectly majors) are really still in denial phase, they've had no worries with low timers beating down the doors for so long. With that said I don't see a long term fix at the regional level that doesn't come from the mainline. There is no money at the regional and no pricing power with the CPA lowest bidder contracts. This whole regional sham might be over sooner rather then later, for only one reason, the pilots stopped showing up.
Only an opinion, but.... I don't see the regionals going anywhere. The mainline pilots have been fighting for years to limit the regional contracts because they know that if the company could, they would have the regionals flying much more for them than they do. It is a cost vs. cost savings game. It is much cheaper, and profits higher, to have the "little guys" doing the work. Especially now, since there is very little difference between the narrow body mainline aircraft and a regional aircraft.... really just number of seats. They aren't flying Saabs and 1900s anymore. Just my opinion and wouldn't be butt hurt to be corrected.