Originally Posted by
Hedley
I don’t want to start a red vs blue debate, but could bills passed by the current regime lead to increased hiring at United and the reduction of the regionals? Potential environmental regulations, the push to be “green”, and tax credits/penalties could increase operating cost and make the smaller planes even less efficient. We still have a bunch of aircraft on order and we didn’t retire any of our fleet. Will we use that lift to take back flying and increase the need to hire, or will we just go back to the same UAL/UAX fleet mix that we had and hire again when attrition becomes an issue?
Too many variables to say. I do think UAL was smart to get out in front with their carbon neutral commitments. Could keep the feds off their back- for a while at least. I could see a GND framework where airlines are able to get gov't approval for their own carbon plans as long as they meet certain standards at predetermined gates, rather than being micro-managed by the feds.