Originally Posted by
CaptainTeezy
What is the possibility that the Regionals will become too expensive to operate and mainline will just replace 2-3 RJs with B737s and increase tickets prices a few dollars to increase pay for turbo prop FOs???
It would take more than a few dollars/hour. RJ's also have the advantage of frequency...more flights means more convenient schedules for the customers.
Originally Posted by
CaptainTeezy
It will be a huge test to CFI in a C172 for 1500 hours. A test of skill and will.
Waah. BTDT, and then a few hundred more in twins. Remember most of those that came before you did just that...but then they went off to fly night freight for a few years before they got hired with 3000 hours at a commuter to fly a beech 1900.
Originally Posted by
CaptainTeezy
Could this be the end of the RJ operators if a shortage/cost have a big enough spread?
Maybe, but it would not be the end of RJ's, they would just move to mainline if there is no longer a cost advantage to keeping them separate. But remember, it's not just the dollar cost of the RJ operators, it's the whipsaw advantage...majors would REALLY hate to give that up.