Originally Posted by
Truthanator
Also,
Uber and Lyft are taxis. So taxis are still incredibly necessary.
A huge number of them driven by former taxi drivers. How does that relate to mainline farming out flying to regional airlines for cheaper costs? Why would airlines suddenly decide to pay A319 crews to do TUS-DEN when they can pay E175 crews less than half to provide the exact same level of service?
Yeah, 50 seat RJ's are eventually going to be negligible (still 10+ years away and flown by regionals) but if you think all of that 76 feed is all coming back within the next 20 years, I have a sweet beach house to sell you.
Ah, you consider Uber and Lyft taxis. Riddle me this: if they're taxis, why did you write that a huge number of Ubers and Lyfts are driven by
former taxi drivers?
The next step, autonomous vehicles, will completely eliminate human taxi drivers, be it Yellow Cab or (as you half assert) Uber.
Originally Posted by
Truthanator
I've heard countless pax say they like that E175 better than a 73.
Countless pax? That's hilarious! Do they tell you that on the jetway while they're waiting for their rollaboard?
Final suggestion: ask one of the bean counters at your regional what will happen to your precious RJs if Essential Air Service is eliminated. The Trump administration is pushing to eliminate that subsidy. They didn't get it eliminated in 2017 but I'm sure they'll push for with every new budget.