Originally Posted by
Fixnem2Flyinem
Or option number 3..
Grab some popcorn and sit back and watch the regional industry implode in a few years once they realize these bonuses and flow programs to spirit and frontier are bandaids with limited adhesion.
Majors don't care. They'll drop service to Podunk Falls (since 100 seats is about the minimum size they'll consider at mainline), and put narrowbodies (fewer of them) on fatter routes.
Congress might care, so those 50-seaters might end up doing subsidized EAS under "Brand X" instead of "mainline express".