Originally Posted by
glassnpowder98
You asked if the non-wholly owned could compete. My answer was not company specific, but Republic was the first to do it. If an airline can't afford to pay it's pilots a competitive wage, then they can't staff their airplanes. I don't think any of the airlines would have been so quick to renegotiate CPA's if Republic was smaller. My opinion is that in a few years we will only have wholly owned and one or two large regionals left.
Then what happens to all of the flying? As it is, regionals are short staffed, no?