Originally Posted by
NVUS
What would make you happy? SkyWest announcing a contract to operate 50 E-175s for Delta starting in 2016? SkyWest replacing all United CRJ7s with E-175s starting in 2017? Is it worth giving away all of your plans for 300-600 aircraft years in advance? Hell, when anyone mentions the MRJ they say that is soooo many years from now....who cares? So tell me, who has announced any new E-175 flying past the year 2015? The answer is absolutely no one.
SkyWest doesn't have plans for any of those aircraft... its all predicated on the fact that UA/DL will come calling for some larger RJs, which they can't because scope prevents it. So of course nobody has announced it, because they can't. But you can bet yourself when they do have the ability to add a few additional 76 seat aircraft they are going to go to the lowest bidder (lowest cost), and that my friend is where you should be concerned. SkyWest does not nor will it ever have the lowest costs. It can't just try to cruise along on its reputation alone. This airline is much different than it was even just 10 years ago... there is so much cheap feed now that SkyWest is almost an afterthought.