Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
I wonder whether the problem is exacerbated by UA's use of multiple United Express carriers, including on the same route. With a limited number of aircraft and crews at SDF, part of the problem is that a Republic crew cannot work a Trans State flight and vice versa. This limits the possibilities to largely solve such problems by swapping crews.
Of course that is a structural problem solely of UA's creation and within their control but they are too cheap to buy more mainline aircraft and pay mainline crew so pit the lowest bidding express carriers against each other for regional routes. Look what it is costing them. I guess the MBA's didn't build that in their spreadsheets...
Still, there is always an option to delay the next day's flight.