Expressjet is losing more pilots than any other regional. United needs to step up and offer major contract gains to keep regional pilots around. Without a reliable regional feed, there is no mainline.

After United reported earnings, I would say most airline stocks are a short except SkyWest since United will expand regional flying. Increasing capacity will drive ticket prices down a lot further. United and others cannot compete with LCCs like Spirit/Frontier. These pilots are willing to fly mainline aircraft for more than 50% less than mainline! Passengers have been clear, they don’t want to pay much for their tickets.

The domestic/foreign low cost airlines will eventually cause major problems for mainline and drive pilot wages lower...if you can’t see this, you’re blind!