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Old 07-29-2020 | 02:42 AM
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Originally Posted by ninerdriver
Less RJ departures, maybe, but I bet RJs flew many more miles. Before Covid, more of my LGA and JFK flights were of the 800-1200 mile variety than the 200-400 mile variety. JFK-DFW, JFK-ORD, LGA-STL, NYC-JAX... these were common 900 routes.
I flew on regionals a whole lot back in the 2006-2008 timeframe and I remember it vividly. The airplanes were smaller for sure. For US Airways Express, lots of Dash 8 flying. I remember flying a Saab 340 from Hattiesburg to Memphis. I specifically remember a flight on a Crash 8 from PHL-ISP in 2007 with three passengers. Three. Flying half empty airplanes was common then, and flying standby was an absolute breeze.

Smaller airplanes, half empty flights, etc. Totally different. Comparing departures between now and then is like comparing apples to oranges, IMO.
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Old 07-29-2020 | 03:09 AM
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Originally Posted by ninerdriver
Less RJ departures, maybe, but I bet RJs flew many more miles. Before Covid, more of my LGA and JFK flights were of the 800-1200 mile variety than the 200-400 mile variety. JFK-DFW, JFK-ORD, LGA-STL, NYC-JAX... these were common 900 routes.

I agree, the role of the “regional airline“ has changed tremendously trough-out the years, when I was flying the 175 it was all major cities pairings, we were not flying “connecting” flights to the hubs, we were flying the same routes as the 737’s or the 320’s.
The question is if the majors will decide to fly only 737’s or 320’s on those routes and remove the “regionals” from their schedules.
They will do what is financially advantageous to them, whatever that might be.


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Old 07-29-2020 | 05:31 AM
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Originally Posted by yakfisher
Worst part is the future of years of no
base movements, commuting to reserve, no upgrades, and crappy schedules until some movement returns. With no flying I wonder how long it will take for descent movement to come back. Yes retirements are still happening but airlines are downsizing so the ratio of pilots and flying won’t change much.
When each major is hiring 1000 pilots a year again. I'll leave that up to you to guess when/if that will ever happen again.
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Old 07-29-2020 | 05:41 AM
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The role of network carriers is to aggregate demand. There’s a lot of money in connecting Birmingham and Montgomery to Seattle and Spokane. Regionals aren’t going away
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