Originally Posted by
texaspilot76
Bickering about what regional opens a crew base at a particular hub is pointless. Regionals do not own bases or flying. They are assigned the flying by the parent carrier. DFW does not belong to Eagle, just as CLT does not belong to PSA. They are there because thats where AA wants them. Yes, no one is happy with what PSA pilots have agreed to, but where they fly is totally up to the company. They could just as easily put an Eagle base in CLT.
US Airways and AA are now one. Expect to see a shuffle in flying and bases among all regional carriers.
I would say a slight shuffle.. You cant expect regionals to completely relocate bases and company HQ just because mainline says so. I'd expect everything to remain where they are, atleast with the Jet regionals of Eagle, PSA, Mesa, and maybe AWI. I can see some intermingling of bases/and/or fly throughs on a regular basis. PDT, sorry, no ideas here.