[Charliehorse]

YES!!!

[Voltage]

The airlines appear to be on the same path as taken by interstate motor carriers. Prior to deregulation nearly 100% of the freight traffic was handled by unionized carriers. Today that figure is down to 50% and continues to decline.

The transition is a little slower in the airline business because of the much higher cost of entry.

[dark_lord]

However, does that mean the new regionals will be non-unionized in order to be profitable?

Actually, no. SouthWest is unionized. Quite unionized. But because there is no "us versus them" attitude, and because the SouthWest executive team is not composed of self-enriching, lying, looters the unions are quite reasonable.