Originally Posted by
PinnacleFO
Leads me to the following question, if those things happen we are left with 141 200s and 41 900s all flying for delta, could that be a good opportunity at that point for Delta to repurchase a bankrupt regional carrier and basically absorb them over time through a flow type situation as they park 200's in an attempt to eliminate a regional carrier and bring more flying back into mainline?
Comair has a 12-year head start on Pinnacle and you know where that's gotten Comair. Those are almost the exact same fleet sizes (substitute 700s for 900s) we had when Delta took us into BK in 2005.
Delta testified that Comair 'could' win new Delta flying if the judge threw out our contract. So the judge threw out our contract. And on the SAME DAY Comair emerged from BK, Delta awarded sixteen CRJ900s to Pinnacle - who wasn't even flying for Delta at the time.
It's clear what Richard Anderson's Delta intends to do with their "wholly-owneds" and I don't think you want that opportunity.