United's death to the 50 seaters

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01-21-2016 | 04:20 PM

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Not to worry, all the LXJT guys and gals will be at United by then.

All 2100? Every single one? Wow that is great for them!

01-21-2016 | 05:10 PM

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All 2100? Every single one? Wow that is great for them!

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01-21-2016 | 07:00 PM

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Unfortunately they won't be replaced one-for-one. Some routes offer easy up-gauging, but those frequent-fliers who are going to "love" the removal of 50 seaters will hate when *mid-sized-city* has three flight options then sits four hours in Denver for the next Podunk Express. Hey my nipples are as hard as the next guys to move flying to mainline but the landscape of air travel we and the public have grown accustomed to will be changed. Frequency breeds business, always has.
Commuting could get even worse too. It's not all gold.

01-21-2016 | 07:26 PM

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I think what will happen over the next few years will be good for the industry and the profession long term. Although I think it will be a tough transition and a difficult pill to swallow for many. Regionals will shrink. 50 seaters will go away. Many cities will experience less frequency of flights as those three 50 seat RJs are replaced either by one mainline flight or maybe even one or two 80ish seat RJ flights. Other cities will lose air service altogether. Commuting will become more and more difficult.

I had a feeling that Boeing was going to make it tough on United to want to start flying 175s, 190s, or even the C-series. I'm sure they made them a sweet deal for those 73's.

01-21-2016 | 07:58 PM

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Not another RJ death thread. Seems like there's as many RJs now as there ever were. As long as gas is cheap and they're able to find pilots, they will keep flying them.

01-21-2016 | 08:05 PM

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Not another RJ death thread. Seems like there's as many RJs now as there ever were. As long as gas is cheap and they're able to find pilots, they will keep flying them.

Thats a lot of caveats. Gas won't be cheap forever. Pilot supply is already showing signs of drying up. It isn't about cheap gas and pilots. 50 seaters aren't as profitable.

01-21-2016 | 08:09 PM

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Not another RJ death thread. Seems like there's as many RJs now as there ever were. As long as gas is cheap and they're able to find pilots, they will keep flying them.

54 RJs going away this year at UAL. Get yourself a seat at the dinner table....or be left with the scraps.

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01-21-2016 | 09:14 PM

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Thats a lot of caveats. Gas won't be cheap forever. Pilot supply is already showing signs of drying up. It isn't about cheap gas and pilots. 50 seaters aren't as profitable.

That's what they said a few years ago too, look at rah for example. Their 145s were going to be dumped a while ago, they even announced it. The United and AA RJs are currently being shuffled around to the lowest bidder, PDT and Commutair. There's still RJ flying to be had it's absolutely about cheap gas and finding pilots.

01-22-2016 | 05:59 AM

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54 RJs going away this year at UAL. Get yourself a seat at the dinner table....or be left with the scraps.

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54 United RJs are going away while 40 175s are added.

25 of those 54 are CRJ700s and 13 are Q400s. The remaining 16 RJs are E145s.