Originally Posted by
sigler
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.
Flying is down in the UAX system. UA is going to utilize the 75/70 seaters to the max until it needs more regional flights, and then add 50 seaters as needed.
Long term the 50 seat RJs are going to disappear just like the turborprops. United can fly as many turboprops as they want under scope and they currently don't fly any...