Originally Posted by
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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.
I can’t even count anymore how many times I’ve been told that the 145/140’s are on their way to the scrap heap. This time is different… yep, heard that countless times too. I’m not saying it won’t happen this time, but I certainly wouldn’t take that as a given for transferring off the 145.
Even if they do decide to start shrinking it again, they could easily shrink the pilot group through attrition.