I’m not sure why some of you guys in here are putting this much effort arguing about mainline taking on RJ’s. NONE of the RJs are economical enough to make it feasible. A 175 burns nearly what an A321 burns and carry’s 115 fewer people. Those planes aren’t built to be flown on mainline pay scales. Also why would a legacy waste money buying a regional for the pilots when they could just cut the contract, watch it go belly up in the water and assume that at least 1/4-1/2 of those pilots are going to be applying to said legacy anyway. RJs need to go down the $hitter where they belong.

Regionals never should have grown to 150+ jet airlines to begin with. It was relaxing scope and allowing jet aircraft that led the regionals’ to massive expansion. Let them suffer their own consequences and fold.