Originally Posted by
slammer1906
1. The trend has been to spin off regional partners.
2. An independent publicly owned regional would have to agree to be bought out or be taken over under hostility.
3. A privately owned regional would have to see gold at the end of the rainbow to give up it's cash cow.
4. Unionized pilots would pitch a fit. Who knows what the other labour groups would say.
5. I really can't see upper mgmt at these regionals giving up their gigs.
6. Stranger things have happened..
I think you raise valid points regarding contract carriers- but I am trying to establish if this could be done with wholly owned regionals. How would the contract carriers compete for applicants if they are flocking to these absorbed regionals?
There could be some backlash from the unions as you say , but let's think why... Would union pilots handed a seniority number, accruing seniority, longevity and mainline benefits complain?