Originally Posted by
Str8 Cash Homie
“Successfully operated”? Lol what? The next time you’re in IAH pick your head up and take a look at all the 175’s parked. Those are all “successfully operated” by Mesa.
Considering that everyone is having trouble staffing their contracted flying, what is the solution? Continue to spread things thin over multiple companies, or consolidate into fewer large regionals? If the current market conditions continue, the retirement of the 50 seat aircraft will probably be accelerated due to staffing issues, but that still leaves the issue of who operates what is left. Definitely crazy times. Regionals can’t hire and upgrade fast enough to keep up with attrition, while the legacy airlines hire pilots without college degrees or PIC time coupled with hundreds of unfilled captain awards on every vacancy bid. My crystal ball is broken, hence the questions.