Exactly. The problem is not the "regional flying" routes, its the Optimizer schedule trying to fix a million BES's diluting all that flying. Regionals with fewer fleets (1 or 2 usually) and fewer bases can often build better "regional" trips than the 2018 software can.

Redundant fleets (supposedly to reduce CapEX through savvy negotiations) spread thin across too many bases (to supposedly save hotel costs) adds significant inefficiencies that the Optimizer then has to compensate for by wrecking rotations and QOL.

The good news is the defenders of the Optimizer claim it only added a couple percent efficiencies so it should be very easy to completely roll back and eliminate.