Originally Posted by
rickair7777
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".
I love it when the RAA says smaller communities will lose their service due to the pilot shortage. If there is money to be made in Podunk Falls, the service will continue. The minute it is not profitable, service will cease to exist, and efforts to utilize resources will be concentrated on routes that are profitable.