Boyd's been saying this same crap since 9/11. If they keep saying it enough it'll eventually be right. Props are dying and being replaced by RJ's more completely. Small RJ's are being replaced by "big" RJ's, but here we have an issue over what actually constitutes an RJ as these planes are blurring the lines. A 175 isn't much of an RJ, it can fly across most of the country. Is it short hops that makes the RJ? No... there are plenty of aircraft like 737's and A320's that do SAN/LAX or BOS/LGA. BOS/LGA is only a 35 minute flight.

On the other hand, there are RJ's doing flights that traverse the country. IND/MIA. PIA/DFW.

Not only is Boyd wrong, their analysis is does not reflect the shift in the industry.

What it should reflect is the reduction in the smallest and oldest RJ aircraft to be replaced with larger RJ aircraft and a shrinking and possible consolidation of regional carriers.