Originally Posted by
jethikoki
What's the worry about foreign airlines operating in the USA? How many airlines in the world pay less than what regional pilots get paid? So regional pilots need to help protect the higher paid pilots at majors. Thoughts?
What Moak has been a part of will open the door for overseas carriers to "codeshare" with "regionals" like SkyWest to "feed their 380's going into the JFK's, ATL's and LAX's. You will see the demise of the American owned airlines as the smaller ones who've been kicked around by Delta and their willing cohort, ALPA National. These carriers gladly severe ties with the likes of Delta and US Airways and begin flying their E170-195's along with larger planes for the Ethiad's and Emirate's in a "code share" feed for the overseas carriers and the American flagged carriers will wither away.