Originally Posted by
WhenPigsFLy
The next major recession we will see one pilot group bend on 110 seat RJs and then the cats out of the bag. In Ak airlines case lttle to prevent this. Its means a large revenue boost and expansion.
It's hard to put toothpaste back in the tube... but that works both ways, AA and DL have 100+ seaters on property, precedent set, I doubt any union is going to cave on just handing those over to the regionals, that would just be MORE furloughs.
Originally Posted by
WhenPigsFLy
Also one of the ULCCs will get 110 seaters at rates a little better the top commuter with mainline rules.
Maybe. But at least you have a mainline number.