Originally Posted by
JB22
I wish it was a myth. Unfortunately, United has a boat load of 737s and Airbus coming to replace regional flying, and specifically many of the crjs. So it's only a matter of time now and not if but when. On the united videos that we can watch, they outline the plan. So I'm thinking my upgrade will be a while.
United et al have jets coming because they know their regional partners can't staff their fleet. The -200 is the new Brasilia. SkyWest will keep it flying because they make money on them and we'll keep flying as many as we can staff. Although some -700 are being parked or brought to other paint, there is no scope limit on the 50 seaters. You and others keep saying the sky is falling, but it's not. If you want a pilot job, you can have a pilot job. In other words, SkyWest will shrink, not because of what United tells us what to fly. We'll shrink when we can't find enough pilots. At least until the next big economic downturn.
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