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.
This probably one of the best observations I have read regarding this problem. It will take mainline intervention to make any positive changes within the industry. That said, I think the regionals will eventually shrink to a few wholly-owned entities.