Originally Posted by Systemized (Post 2052738)

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.

Originally Posted by chrisreedrules (Post 2052626)

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.

Originally Posted by chrisreedrules (Post 2052599)

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.

Originally Posted by chrisreedrules (Post 2052751)

Any ideas where the losses in flying will come from? Also, 40 175s to be operated by who?

Originally Posted by Washout (Post 2052799)

United is still in the market for 100 seat aircraft. What else does your crystal ball say..?

Originally Posted by Systemized (Post 2052835)

The 40 additional E175s in 2016 are from Skywest, Republic and Mesa. More coming online in 2017 also.

The two companies that operate E145s for United are Expressjet and TSA. The losses are probably Expressjet's. And more E145 losses in 2017 probably.

The three companies that operate 700s for United are Skywest, Mesa and Gojet. Skywest, most likely will lose 700s.

Originally Posted by buddies8 (Post 2052873)

Question, with the addition of the 737-700 to the United fleet, how many large regional jets does that increase that united can have on property per scope and how many can they add to the regionals if they park fifty seaters?

Originally Posted by chrisreedrules (Post 2052844)

I'm admittedly not very familiar with the UAL regional ops... Why would SkyWest lose the 700s over Mesa or GoJet?