Originally Posted by DirkDiggler

Nonsense. Nothing like people talking out of their face hole without any sort of data to back them up. A quick search on TranStats at BTS shows the following:
# of Performed Departures by a U.S. Regional Carrier
2003 2,243,995
2004 1,966,379
2005 1,925,647
2006 1,857,359
2007 1,931,438
2008 1,926,018
2009 1,579,490
2010 1,408,922
2011 1,362,965
2012 1,256,116
2013 1,167,636
2014 1,176,662
2015 1,154,499
2016 1,169,662
2017 1,138,863

We are flying a fraction of flights we were in the 2000's. Airlines have adapted, less flights = less pilots required. If regionals were doing 2.2 million departures a year like in 03, there would be hundreds of cancellations everyday due to lack of pilots.