Originally Posted by
Margaritaville
The only thing that makes regional jets make sense is the lower wages. Other than that, there's no difference between one less 717 or 220 to a regional city..
long term with the ability to plan ahead? Yes
but 1/3 of the big 3 have those planes and 0/3 have lots of spare capacity.
so short term (short defined as time needed to manufacture several hundred 220’s) they need the 76 seat jets. And the sooner they get the jets and the pilots tacked down the better