Originally Posted by
TransWorld
What will happen, besides regionals failing is:
4. Bring in some of the 76 seat regionals into the majors. Give the pilots seniority numbers. The 76 seat flights, of course, will pay less than 737/320, just like they pay less than the wide body.
In which event that major INSTANTLY becomes less competitive for new hires itself because if that would-be new hire had wanted to fly a regional aircraft at less than 737/320 rates, they could have done that by staying at a regional where they already had established seniority. Not saying that some major utterly dependent upon regional feed might not try it, but I think everybody farming their regional field duties out to Republic and Skywest and having them pay their Captains and LCAs whatever it takes to retain them is a more likely eventual outcome.