Originally Posted by Qotsaautopilot

Never read an article with so many references to pilot scope. The connection between efficiency and making it profitable to operate at mainline is false. They already operate the 717 profitably. The A220 is just better. They could operate all the rjs with mainline pilots profitably without question. Pilot compensation is such a small part of CASM. Airlines just got drunk on the whipsaw of cheap labor for so long that maybe they have started to figure out operating in house is a better product that endless outsourcing. The a220 has nothing to do with scope other than it has to be a mainline aircraft.