Originally Posted by
CBreezy
And TSA and Compass were horribly managed. TSA closed up shop because they didn't have enough captains and had to keep giving flying back to United. They eventually had enough and pulled the contract. I don't miss the exact reason why XJT closed up shop.
My point was that if they hadn't folded the limited pool of regional pilots (committed lifers and time-building noobs) would be spread even thinner today. So there probably would have been regional liquidations in 2023 if it hadn't already happened in 2020.