Dumb question about Express flights

[redheadtempe33]

I am fairly new and have a dumb question. Why does US Airways (or any airline for that matter) outsource short flights? Are they not as profitable? Do large airlines not want to deal with the maintenance of smaller (and more) aircraft? I am curious ...

 

[FWAAA]

Generally, so they can pay the pilots, FAs, mechanics and other ground crew substantially less money than the mainline pay rates. All about the money.

 

[Richard]

Duplicate topic. Already being discussed in the US Forum.

Please do not duplicate threads.