Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
FWIW, that's what the contract says.
But, we agree it is unlikely that seat (or 6 seats) will be added without a deal in hand first. IMHO any express carrier would be pretty happy to sign on for current book in exchange for a Delta number at the bottom. We would need to maintain the overall fleet numbers to avoid transfer via refleeting from the 717/MD88 and any other higher CASM jets.
While I agree the majority at any DCI carrier would he happy with that, fact is it only takes a few greedy power players to think they can "roll the dice" once they feel a place on the list anywhere is imminent. And you can bet they will. And the contract only vaguely implies that it could potentially lead to a merger perhaps if it was a wholly owned. If SKYW added a seat, it wouldn't even come close. Grievance, accelerated, easy win, seat removed, done.
If it was Endeavor (what a stupid name) there is a snowball's chance it could lead to that in theory, but far more likely would be ALPA pushing the separate holding company angle and going the grievance/removal route.
In any case, for any of this to ever become a remote possibility, we would need an iron clad prenup, not some RJDC/PID "let's just get our foot in the door and see what we can get!" attempt. And we're not going to get that with Endeavor anymore than we got it from CMR/ASA back in 2000. The temptation on their end is just too great to resist.