This is unfortunately correct, expected to continue for the next 4-6 months. Delta had to put those mainline jets somewhere with the construction around the G gates. So they unsurprisingly picked the C gates, which is the ERJ gates, ERJ’s can’t fit back in the A and B gates. Not to mention MSP is a business travel connection hub for the 175, and business travel ain’t booming.

We went from over 4,000 hours of block last summer for Delta, to I want to say, 750 Delta 700 United on the 175 out of MSP this month, all the Delta 175’s went west. The CRJ has taken the flying the ERJ lost.

I was a CA transition last winter, the company spent all this money to transition MSP CRJ FO’s and CA’s over to the ERJ preparing for something that not only never happened, but the flying actually has decreased significantly.

They also recently awarded transfers to all the CRJ pilots back to MSP that were kicked out of MSP because of low seniority only a few months ago.