Originally Posted by
johnso29
Skywest Inc didn't have to sign the deal. They could take their business to UAL, CAL, or Us Air. No one forced them to agree to the terms of the CPA. Skywest Inc willingly agreed to the rate reset. They chose to do so in order to secure flying. Why would they be so reliant on Delta? They're strong enough to make it on their own, right?
Not in 2004 they couldn't!!! Revisionist history at its finest! At that time ASA performed more than 80% of the regional flying in Delta's largest hub, and that was ASA's only hub! Can't exactly shop that around! Oh, and Delta owned the airplanes, which became part of the deal.
Originally Posted by
gojo
Man, you sure live under a rock. I can understand defending your employer, but sometimes the obvious is just what it appears to be.
Indeed!