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Originally Posted by Excargodog
Define “profitability untenable.”
You are aware, I hope, that there are airlines that do not have affiliated regionals that nonetheless do make a profit? At least preCOVID?
lol yeah man I’m aware that airlines that pay less money and don’t use hub and spoke and instead use focus cities and don’t fly to Europe or Asia don’t use regional jets well aware...
All that is needed is the appearance of insolvency if you can point to a nail in the coffin like a intentionally underfunded pension that must be taken over by the PBGC you can use it. It happens over and over and over again and history will repeat itself again. Tighten your scope in times like these see what you get. I’m not saying loosen scope. I actually think legacies should have one single pilot group just like other majors (but pay b scale for small jets). But what I’m saying is try to tighten your scope with current pay rate at legacies in the current environment and see what happens I do not think you you will like the result. There is a time to take more and now is not that time.