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But seriously
Not likely. There is no reason to think there will be large scale displacements anytime soon. There are also lots of midrange or even senior FOs that want the 175 either for MIA or QOL. They would scoop up (PDIS) any displacements that happen. If you get assigned the 145 in training now, you’ll likely be on that airframe for most/all of your time as an FO.
We have 7 E170s on the way (to ORD for now). SkyWest has 21 CRJ7s on the way (DFW, ORD and PHX) and that’s not including all their CRJs in LAX that will be moving back east in the next year as their 175s come in.
That’s a minimum of 28 65 seaters that will enter service (more likely 35-40) and their target flying will be what we do with the 145 now. The 145s will probably start to be retired pretty soon, so there very well could be displacements.