Originally Posted by
TallFlyer
No, I’m referring to the pointy end of regional aircraft. And while I agree they are there to provide cheaper feed, that only exists if there are pilots to move the metal.
Agree totally, but just pointing out that there are other sources for that. It does not require a wholly owned. Not if subcontracting to other regionals remains viable. They can get feed from many other regionals and likely WILL if that’s cheaper than doing it in house.
My suspicion is that we’re going to start seeing LCCs start to pull directly from Universities and then it’s really gonna get crazy for filling seats at regional airlines.
Very possibly. But there will be no trouble filling seats at mainline - including from the right seats of the LCCs - unless bankruptcy or a concession are contract occurs. AA simply does not need the WOs as a pilot source. Not now, and not likely any time soon. Barring a collapse of all other regional flying they will have more than adequate qualified applications coming into HR.