Originally Posted by rickt86:1279897
Originally Posted by
CANAM
GoJet will be the most successful regional airline, that is, until the next lower cost airline emerges. This WILL happen, thus, continuing the downward slide of this industry. If you work for one of these companies, you are part of the problem and are slitting your own throat for VERY short term gain.
If you look at the thread by that analyst lady you actually see that at almost all the majors, the feed provided is broken down into a common setup. One or two 'better' regional's such as Skywest/XJET/PNCL/Eagle do the VAST majority of the feed, typically 60%+, sometimes over 80%. Then the remaining feed is broken down in small amounts to one or two crud product RJ airlines such as CHQ or TSH/GJET. Its clear their product is not something the mainlines want representing the express/connection/eagle brand, but they do want them there to whipsaw and keep the others in line. I dont think you will see GOJET become the main provider anywhere for that reason, and they may soon be approaching the end of their growth as they are maxing out on what they can do. Not to mention soon those pesky employees are going to start asking for something at least equal to EVERY OTHER RJ airline.
Well said. My thoughts exactly. Many people say all regionals are the same but the operation of a GoJet vs Skywest Inc regional is like night and day. One does the bare bare minimum to operate daily and another provides a high quality operation at a reasonable cost.