I don't know why people keep saying the regionals won't exist or people aren't willing to fly for the regionals yet somehow they keep chugging along. Skywest had 78 new hires in April . Endeavor, commutair, and now even XJT have full classes. Think about that , there is no flying for XJT to do past Dec 31, 2017 and they are getting new hires! That says it all. People in here like to talk about a pilot shortage but in reality there isn't one. Regionals aren't going anywhere so everybody should probably dial back the excitement. There's plenty of pilots.