Originally Posted by
Purpleanga
Look i get your point. You want mainline service from Beckley, WV to Washington DC. in a big Airbus or 737 allowing for mainline jobs. Of course who wouldn’t and I agree with you. Unfortunately that’s not reality. There will always need to be Regional service in North America. My point is would you rather there be 100 MRJs or 300 Small RJs flying around?
They can already operate the 100 MRJs. With mainline pilots. And they can operate as many 76 seaters as they want that way too.
No, I would not rather let a regional fly the 100 MRJ. I don't want regionals to have the smaller RJs as it is. If mainline wants the MRJ, they can buy them for mainline and it can be a mainline job. If these larger RJs become efficient enough it may just be worth it to them to pay mainline wages to the pilots.