Originally Posted by
Varsity
That's cute.
This is going to go way beyond that. Mesa is starting to fly 737's for regional pay rates. AA is farming out domestic flying to Jetblue and Alaska.
The whipsaw is going to hit mainline. It already exists in Europe and Asia. Lufthansa had/has a regional flying A340's trans Atlantic.
You can kiss this profession goodbye if/when NB scope goes to regionals