regionals will come out with a 200 seat prop then right?

 

I can see it now...the C-130ER(High Density config.)
Line-up Ma' & Pa' Kettle in sticks, and static line into Jerkwater!
(your credit card will be billed if you don't return the chute)

 

As a non-regional airline pilot, I may not be making sense, but won't this irritate more people in the long run? Regionals will replace 50 seat jets with 70 and 100 seat jets at few intervals. Say, ERJ-145s, 170s and 190s. Yet will pay go up? Isn't that the whole to-do with Republic flying the 170s at regional rates that were once flown by mainlines at higher rates?

(These are more questions than accusations as I am curious if this is what people are thinking)

 

I will sum up every Boydgroup hotflash / news wire right here and save you all a whole bunch of time. I used to scan his stuff once in a while and have long since quit. Here it is
1. 50 seaters are dead
2. FAA can’t find their butts with both hands.
3. The Government (congress specifically) can’t find their butts with both
hands.
4. The media can’t find their butts with both hands.
5. (insert some random government drone) is trying to do thus and so and
doesn’t get it.
6. (insert some random government drone) is trying to do thus and so, gets it
(according to Boyd) but refer to line 3.
7. Next Gen is already obsolete
8. (insert latest airline fiasco) was not reported correctly because they missed…
9. Come to my next symposium and learn how to ensure your airport is positioned for future business.

Now back to relevant discussion...

 

If Boyd got furloughed he could work at Home Depot in the tool department.

 

He is the tool department....all the tools put into one.

 

If you could blend "Gung-Ho Pilot Shortage" Darby with "Doom n'Gloom" Boyd, you would have one half of a regular person.

 

Touchy aren't we? I didn't imply or even hint that turboprop flying is "beneath me". Some of my best friends fly turboprops!

 

I wanted to address that in my post, but felt is was a little too far from the topic. However, it is a good point. I think it is a mistake to simply scope out jets. Perhaps props over 78 seats (or whatever the Q400 holds) can be scoped out too.

Remember these experiments?

 

Actually, I like thinking even deeper...2 100 seat fuel pigs for one +200 seater is the way to go...unless you are trading in 2 jet-a sucking 200 seaters for one eco-friendly 400 seater...

Hey wait a minute....how is it charter companies make money flying around jets with eight seats?