Originally Posted by FlyGuy2021

Quite a few of the 175 sims are either owned by the legacy airlines (AA especially) or are leased by the regionals from the training centers. They are not all owned by the regionals. The mainline carriers have a lot more "pull" with the training centers than the regionals do. Plus, it would be pretty easy for United to say to SkyWest that they need their sims, or they would lose all of the United flying.

The regionals really don't hold any good cards in this scenario. The major airlines have the power.