Originally Posted by
slowplay
Compass created a labor arbitrage. Management had the bankruptcy hammer to make it happen. That type of arbitrage is what is killing Comair and is about to hurt SKYW/ASA/Expressjet as they lose 12 airplanes to Gojets. It's all in the longevity. In your segment the "younger" pilot groups are winning.
Total BS. Compass created an attempt to bring flying back in house (at NWA) and make Compass pilots NWA seniority list pilots in short order. DALPA scuttled that deal. Why? Who knows, but it's just more continuation of what looks like a strategy that says: "RJ's are good for Delta."
Carl