Originally Posted by
PruneJuice
I have to ask why?
Skywest has grown this year and could grow even more if they get the q400. Asa lost 8 and wll probably lose 6 more, xjt could lose 27 in april.
Also look at the bases, skywest (in my opinion) has the bettet bases and if there were to be a merger xjt/asa would try and snag sone positions in those.
Skywest has the brighter future as well a more diverse fleet and contracts.
So agaib I have to ask why? Why risk getting bumped out of a base that belongs to you and risk a furlough because of something at another airline?
An acceptable SLI would include fences.
But really...the three INC airlines will not thrive, wither, or fail in isolation from one another. Any perceived unitary success will be artificial contrived by SGU. The company will most certainly whipsaw one against the other in the future if it offers a benefit.
In the long term SKW will not thrive alone while surejet fails...the company would request (and surejet pilots would certainly accept) major concessions if threatened with comair-style cutbacks. Then higher-paid SKW would lose planes...
Ultimately we are all in it together so we might as well take pilot compensation out of the game at least within the company. Goodness we still have to worry about it with the likes of gojet, mesa, etc.