Originally Posted by
Scoop
The commuters of today are much larger than those of yesterday. Partly as a result of this many will not be able to move on to a major, resulting in many more staying at the commuter for their entire careers.
I think we will continue to see a lot of pressure from the senior pilots at the commuters to capture more flying via larger aircraft.
It is true DAL is parking a lot of 50 seaters, and this is good for mainline pilots but I don't think a lot of regional guys are happy about it. What happens in the 76-124 seat market is all important and remains to be seen.
Scoop
If DAL mainline gets more Aircraft or taks flying from one of their regional carriers, this is a good thing overall as it will create more Main line jobs at higher rates with better benefits. DAL will hire Pilots!.
This is good for DAL and Good for the Industry especially if DALPA improves
their scope clause. Hopefully a new BAR is set and UA/CAL, ALA, AA and USair will meet or exceed this in their coming contracts.
True it is bad (in the short term) for the regionals who lose flying but the vast majority of Regional pilots have their sights set on getting on with a Major. More Major jobs is goos for everybody.
Also realize that much of the Regional flying currently being done was once done by Mainline and this flying was Outsourced to Lower labor costs.
Simply Put. Which is a better scenario......Growing Majors or Growing Regionals?