Originally Posted by
fit29
Jet Blue, US Airways can make 100 seaters work in mainline, why cant other airlines also make it work. Foreign airlines also fly the E190 as mainline, Please please please hold the line on scope, trading scope for pay raises is a stupid decision as it will lead to even more furloughs eventually
Jet Blue has a low cost structure, and Airways seems to be selling off their 190s. The article suggests that it is logistically impossible to fly the 100 seaters at mainline for a profit due to overall mainline cost structure. I'm guessing even if the mainline pilots accepted regional pilot pay rates it still wouldn't be enough because pilot pay is a small part of overall labor costs.