Originally Posted by
threeighteen
The hardest part is finding a carrier to place them in service for. UA/DL/AA/AS are not going to park much of their 65/70/76 seat fleets as those will be critical to them during the recovery when load factors will support a large regional jet but not a narrow-body.
The 50 seat fleets will also see large cuts initially, which is a problem for the 145 which has no common type with a larger jet, but for the 200, any 700/900 pilot can fly them with basic differences training, if not already qualified.
The 200s also have a very low acquisition cost, some parts and maintenance commonality with the 700/900, and can be brought on-line for cheap, and then put back into storage for not much loss if that need arises as well (possibly when fuel spikes in a year or two)
United is giving plenty of flying to XJT and the 145 (comparatively). So that assertion doesn’t match up.
At present time there’s no ability to even fill a 700/900 or 175 with pax. Before this whole virus thing United wanted to get rid of the 200’s at any cost.
Don’t forget that a 145 has an a row of 2 and 1 pax. Bet passengers would really want a single seat to themselves at this point
