Originally Posted by Tinpusher007
So, to me the million dollar question is why can't major mainline carriers find a way to keep it all in the family and fly RJ's themselves instead of farming it out to a second party? Why can Air Canada do it, but no one else can?
It's not that they CAN'T, it's because they DON'T WANT TO. Why pay a mainline guy mainline pay to fly a 90 seater when there is a regional guy just itching for a chance to fly that 90 seater for roughly half the rate? This is exactly what the mainline carriers want. Sub-contract out the work to the lowest bidder, its the American way...