Originally Posted by
Flubber
So what were the financial terms that Delta negotiated with AWAC that would undercut the other DCon carriers' rates, because it has always seemed that Air Wisconsin can't get any flying because they are too expensive. Also, AWAC management doesn't do anything that won't add to their coffers. Maybe you have the numbers to show otherwise, since nobody else does (at least, anyone who is willing to share them).
Air Wisconsin turned down the flying because of how Delta handles the DCon carriers, and the penalties for non-performance put too much risk on AWAC's financial stake - their making money - on this deal.
I will reassert what I said before: AWAC flying those RJs would not have put a single PCL pilot already on property on the street. As far as getting new talent at any regional, everybody is in the same boat - what is to say AWAC would not have had issues hiring to staff 20-plus additional aircraft? Can anyone ramp up staffing that quickly?
I still maintain that you are choosing to only look at part of the picture. It is true that the financial terms are not available to compare against what other DCI carriers are doing it for, but based on what you said about the performance penalties it sounds to me like there wasn't much extra to work with. Other DCI carriers are making it work with what I'm assuming the same performance penalties, even GoJet which is another privately held company. And while you are probably correct that Air Wisconsin taking 20 CRJ's wouldn't have caused a furlough at Endeavor, not Pinnacle anymore. I think you're being simple minded to believe that it wouldn't have affected their quality of life.