Originally Posted by Hedley

The cost of regional feed is going up. The AA regionals have really increased pilot cost, although temporarily, and our regionals are bleeding pilots as bad as all of the rest. If legacy hiring continues at this pace, the current regional model is not sustainable. I think that we will continue to take back flying, but Kirby has made his decision about the 100 seat market. Evidently the company feels that it is better to fly a max8 around with some empty seats than deal with the cost of another fleet type. Personally I prefer sticking to he 320/737 fleets…….they pay more.