Originally Posted by
sobo
Considering UAL has one of the most restrictive scopes in the industry, and reduction in mainline flying is going to result in a proportional reduction in regional flying.
There’s a reason XJT sent its ENTIRE pilot group warn letters, and it ain’t good.
70-seaters are the ones which were already scope-restricted, and will be even more so once the entire scope look-back period encompasses the pandemic. There was still room under the scope clause to add quite a bit of 50-seat flying. On the other hand, SK signaled repeatedly that he doesn’t see a bright future for 50-seaters in the UA system. I guess that’s why even United doesn’t seem to know what the heck will happen to UAX carriers.