Originally Posted by
CaptainNameless
It's still around 10,000 total pilots moving UAL pax around every day.
At least when you count the subcontractor rj sweatshop pilots.
Approximate:
36 EMB 170 republic/shuttle america
67 CRJ 2 skw
52 CRJ 7 skw
15 CRJ 7 gojet
7 EMB 145 chautaqua
65 EMB 145/CRJ 2 Mesa (mixed uax fleet could not find numbers)
At 4 crews per aircraft that's about 2,000 pilots.
El Capitan said it right. This is why the regional are becoming "career" locations for a lot of guys now, cause all the jobs at mainlines are going bye-bye. I for one don't want to stay here forever. I want to move on. And if mainline doesn't lock down on scope in these new negotiations, that opened today, then I'm never gonna have a place to move up to. And we're gonna see a lot of mainline guys back on the streets as the flying continues to get farmed out.
It was nice, yesterday, to commute into ORD on a true United regional flight. A 737. Very nice crew. Courteous and professional. Hat's off to you all