Originally Posted by Waitingformins (Post 1995609)

It's all cost related, the WO's will become more common because the CPA cost will go up because there are fewer companies bidding and they can take advantage of that faster than a pilot group. Compass was the only E-jet operator that wasent already growing and therefore could actually staff the planes. As more contracts come up the bids will be higher shifting the flying to WO carriers.
If a regional can make 15% return with better CPA's the mainline partner as might as well own them because that's their margins.
Same reason Delta bought Comair, at that time there weren't enough operators for jets as fast as they wanted them in service. So regionals were turning higher margins, then more operators entered and drove them down. Finally the pendulum is swinging back.

Originally Posted by CBreezy (Post 1995627)

Did you you just put a bunch of buzz words in a cup and wrote whatever you pulled out of it?

Originally Posted by Bellanca (Post 1994763)

Incidents like the AA captain that passed away last week are the only things keeping this from happening. As soon as the public trusts technology more than they care about warm bodies up front this will be a reality. The technology is there for this single pilot type of operation. And the technology for fully remote - piloted and even fully autonomous planes isn't far fetched.

Originally Posted by Mesabah (Post 1995809)

There will always be two pilots on board an aircraft in case one dies, single pilot means single pilot at the controls. The other pilot is in the back on rest. This allows for 24+ hour continuous duty blocks, followed by two days of rest. You can reduce staffing by as much as 40% doing this especially on long haul flying.