Originally Posted by
flyprdu
The shrinkage will occur at the regionals, where frequency will be exchanged for gauge. Flight consolidation will be one of the ways to save fuel, and save pilots. Two birds, one stone.
Don't doom and gloom too hard. You'll give yourself a coronary.
Not with Alaska. There is no pesky scope clause to get in the way of parking the Airbus fleet ahead of schedule…If you are talking at the majors then you are dead on. United will do away with the rest of their 50-seaters for sure. CRJ’s in general will likely go the way of the DoDo bird. Helps fix the “shortage of Qualified pilots” at the regional level