Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Not happening. MGTOW is something like 150K, waaay to much airplane to cap at 86K.
Eventually this will break one way or the other. Either regional lift will get a weight increase or it'll all be brought into mainline. The Embraer E2 aircraft are just too attractive from a fuel efficiency standpoint. Once fuel prices increase again (and they will) or carbon footprints become even more important (and they will) and demand increases (and it will), something will have to give one way or the other. I make no bets on which way the domino falls, except to say it WILL fall.