Originally Posted by
pete2800
You'd lose out on the hourly rate for the crews, but considering it would most likely go very junior, once a pilot had adequate seniority, they'd bid over to an existing airframe... so the years on the payscale past the first few would likely be unused.
You left out quite a bit.
Mainline benefits
Mainline FAs
Mainline mechanics
Mainline tampers
Mainline ground support
Many years ago, AMR offered the APA the CRJ-700s that were going to Eagle if they could make it cost neutral. The pilots could, but they couldn't get the rest of he above mentioned groups to.