Originally Posted by
LarryDavid
SkyWest has had its day in the sun. If they can not hire enough people they will simply retire more 50 seaters as mainline wants. Service to International falls, BJI, etc etc will just cease to exist. There will be no pilot shortage. BTW with how many 50 seaters SKYW has I would be very frightened about the future. Capacity will be cut at the regionals just as it has been cut at mainline. In 2000 Delta alone had over 10,000 pilots. Northwest/Delta combined does not have much more than that.
Trust me, the guys in St George know this. With that in mind, there's very strong rumors around here that OO will be getting a chunk of these airplanes. How big of a chunk, is anyone's guess.