What happened to Nobletaxi? Seems to have gone very quiet. Perhaps he was waiting for the Eclipse 500?
Regional has got to have bags of expansion. The roads are becoming more and more impractical for serious travel. If someone sat down and worked it all out I am sure a pretty effective network could be worked out. A kind of British rail of the 50's in the air.
Seriously though, the only place that more pax are going to go is either on to more bigger airplanes (A3xx) or lots more little ones (eclipse et al) Someones has to fly them.
Now, I don't dispute the level of experience needed for command, but, maybe, as with so many other occupations, those with the requisite aptitude could be earmarked much earlier. RAF pilots have already been selected for leadership potential at OASC. Maybe, if the problem is as big as some might believe, the time has come to identify a/c commanders much earlier in the system?
Any thoughts?