Originally Posted by
OCCP
Duvie, you realize the name "Sure Jet" is gone, right?
Yea, and good riddance, I just don't know what to call the future combined pilot group..... maybe SkyEast?
Originally Posted by
PruneJuice
Can you blame them? Skywest is growing while asa/xjt could lose 40 airplanes in the coming months (27 ual erjs, 8 dal crj7 and 6 dal crjs). Why would you want merge with an airline that could furlough 400? Xjt and asa people could push skyw people out of their own bases. Dont believe me ask pncl captains that are now fos because xj saab captains were displaced into pncl a/c. Skywest pilots, Look at the pinnacolaba slaughter and ask yourself if you want that as your future.
I personally believe that any SkyWester who thinks INC will look out for OO before ASA/XJT is a little delusional. They wouldn't have gone through the trouble and expense of buying and merging the two east coast giants if they were gonna just let them decay into nothing. SkyWEST may've just won a few small bids (20 AC total), but we're also slated to start losing 50 seaters before too long. I think the three, soon to be two, airlines under INC are in this thing together now. There really hasn't been any whipsawing yet, but why give management the option? Together we're much stronger than apart IMO.