United's death to the 50 seaters
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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.
Commuting could get even worse too. It's not all gold.
#14
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.
Commuting could get even worse too. It's not all gold.
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.
#16
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.
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#18
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.
#19
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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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25 of those 54 are CRJ700s and 13 are Q400s. The remaining 16 RJs are E145s.
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