Originally Posted by
TFAYD
It doesn’t. The look back is UAX vs mainline NB flying. The large RJs are scopes out in terms of number of hulls but there is no provision for mix.
I assume that whatever departures UAX will do come fall is mostly large RJs and 50 seaters going away.
Yeah that's the crux of it. If they're going to be capped on total RJ flying due to reduced NB flying, will they want the 50's or the 70's?
If they won't have enough RJ's overall and something has to give, they'll want to cut service to smaller regional destinations, not larger regional destinations. Simple revenue math.
BK is the only help for that, no major pilot group that I can see has any appetite to grant relief on scope or much of anything else right now. I suspect UA (and the others) will try hard to stay out of BK for about one year if they can, to try to catch a possible economic rebound wave.