Originally Posted by saltbae

Pilots get paid by how many seats are on the plane. The LCC’s have 130+ seaters so much more wiggle room to pay the pilots more compared to the regionals capped at 76 seats.

Delta isn’t making money on their A220 because their staff is too expensive. They can’t just up the pay rates and operates flights at a loss so don’t expect rates to go up to LCC rates.