Originally Posted by
amcnd
But 90% will land jobs at XJT/ASA/SKY/RP/AE and would be better off in 2-4 years, then the 450 downgrades that will never be Captains again.. The top 450 will lock in those spots and not go anywere... Not to mention the total slap in the face of former Comair employes... The way i look at it is the above airlines will hire 2000 pilots over the next 1-3 years if it fails. If it passes they may only hire 500.. Between them all... Time will tell but Delta has changed there hiring plans more then 4 times the past year so don't count on that...
Your assuming that Delta will not impose the same terms on these airlines in the future. ASA, XJT are in section 6 now, SKY is non union, they will be asked to fly at the same block hour rates 9E or Delta will continue down the line until X regional agrees to their terms. With regional flying shrinking many companies are eager to land these ever shrinking contracts. Delta has is in a huge position to set the market right now since they have shifted a lot of flying back to the majors and have pulled huge amounts of 50 seat capacity out of the market. Once this happens American, United, and US Air will be forced to do the same in order to compete. It looks more and more like the regional business will be a handful of small 76 seat operators, and then you will have your Great Lakes, and Silver doing the more remote ESA flying.