Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
Who is gonna want to buy a regional when the model is broke and dying industry wide? Good licking getting new ATP rated pilots to show up for 23 grand a year. You'd be an idiot to buy a regional. It's no longer worth it. FFD profit contracts are all going away. The regional will have to deal with the bulk of all it's expenses.
You can say the same thing for the entire industry but people still invest in it and buy companies. FFD makes the mainlines more money than revenue sharing. That is why the entire industry went FFD in the late 90s. Any industry analyst worth his salt will tell you there is going to be lot of consolidation of companies and certificates over the next five years.