Originally Posted by
TonyWilliams
Difficult to follow your statement here, but to be clear; Regionals didn't "take"... mainlines gave away. Mainline pilots, in general, couldn't be bothered with demeaning little planes. And management liked the price.
Not surprisingly, the regionals blossomed with this new machine, the "regional jet".
Mainlines didn't give it away, they traded it away. Big difference. They traded some of the unprofitable routes for QOL, pay etc.