Originally Posted by
Captain Tony
You're right. The +/- 1400 furloughees ar United are the wild card I hadn't considered. They'd probably take such a deal just to get back to mainline.
But that's only 1400 pilots. Where they get the other 5000 or so pilots flying RJs in UAL or CAL colors from? They can't interview, hire, and train that fast. it would have to be a staple.
jetBlue successfully flies the E190 at $143 an hour (plus overtime) for a 12 year Captain. We can start the discussion there and work backwards to the smaller airframes.
The proposal had the regional flying phased out over time. It wasn't a flip the switch type of deal.