I think what he's getting at is more 220 pilot slots at Mainline would result in increased hiring, which is indeed correct, and would be very good in the long term for anyone already at a regional airline. Short-term no clue. depends on a lot of stuff.

He is retiring a ton of aircrafts internally, if he brings in the 220 he will staff it will current UA employees and if he kills a bunch of regionals as well we will be flooded with 5000+ unemployed pilots. Not looking very good...

You are all clearly missing the "Breeze Airways" of United that about to be born.

Even if i did, haven't given Breeze any thought yet as it is not established. If UA were to start it he they would probably staff it with UA furloughs. I just see how the math can be done any way so that us at any regional can hope for a legacy job any time soon.
All legacies are in danger of furlough or even BK. They have all said they will come out smaller than before so the retirement section is covered and when everything turns around the furloughs will staff the "new" flying. There are about 20000 regional pilots right now and regardless who you work for, non of us are safe.

They already tried that years ago. It was called “TED”.


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You both underestimate the resiliency of the United States of America. Most people here think & post in terms of 3 to 7 months into the future. A good CEO & leader has to see 1 to 2 years into the future and start planning for it now. There's not much I can do if you can't see past 3 months from now, but that's OK, I'm used to it, as I said, most people on here can't see beyond that.

I don’t have the savings to be thinking 1-2 years ahead in this case, unless my landlord decides to think beyond when rent is due next month.

my understanding is a220 orders are backlogged. That buys everyone a lot of time if the retirement is based on a220’s showing up at mainline.

United had Ted, Delta had Song, USair tried Metro Jet. They all failed.

That was before an invisible thing called Covid19.

"So how will the Airbus A220 affect United Airlines? Well, to cut a long story short, it will allow the airline to become more profitable through lower fuel consumption, whilst providing full load factors on low-demand routes." hmmm.