Meanwhile, back at the ranch...
The one thing we may see go out the window under the new regime, and quickly, is the 1500-hr. rule.
The airlines and their lobbying groups have been screaming to get it overturned almost since its inception.
They will play the card of air service being lost to small communities (who probably shouldn't have it anyway), and, of course, the bogeyman of -- gasp! -- higher fares.
But the truth is, the thought of paying regional pilots a livable wage and even recruitment and retention bonuses is making their stomachs turn.
As soon as the conveyor belt between the puppy factories and the regional airlines is turned on again, stand by for a return to the good old days of outsourcing and whipsawing.