Originally Posted by
johnso29
Regionals won't he hiring for a while, at least 3 years I'm guessing. There may be some small classes here or there to cover attrition, but the growth that was seen at regionals from 2003-2008 is over. The 50 seater is basically dead, & with limits on larger RJs regionals will continue to shrink.
As badly as mainline management wants domestic flying scoped out to 70-80 seat jets, I have the feeling as soon as they start increasing capacity again the role of regionals will increase again. With the amount of clout the senior union members have, I have a bad feeling more scope will be sacrificed for pay.
My 2 cents.