Originally Posted by
Austin787
I think it's much more likely management would standardize the E175 on the LUS configuration since it has more seats.
Only if pilot scope clauses allow it. 76 seats (the LAA configuration) is the maximum allowed to be operated by regional affiliates in most US airline pilot contracts; LUS apparently allowed 80. I don't know how the LAA and LUS scope clauses were combined, but I'd be surprised if they're allowed to add regional planes with 80 seat configurations; if they were allowed to, I'd think LUS management would have moved the whole E175 fleet to 80 seats long ago.