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Spoilers
The reason we are not getting new flying is because we are too expensive and can't compete with airlines like Mesa, GoJet, etc. Our guys can talk about our awesome performance and safety systems all day long, the majors don't give a crap about any of that stuff, its all about cost. They say our good performance has been recognized by our major partners. Great, thanks. If that would be the case, we would have gotten those new CRJ900s from DL, not GoJet. All these updates are a waste of time reading. Their only moral booster right now is EFBs, pretty sad.
That's part of the reason we aren't getting awarded RFPs, but let's be realistic. Skywest controls what we get. We may bid on flying, and we may lose it legitimately to GoJet, etc.... But make no mistake that with all of those planes SKYW is continually awarded, some could have come our way. SKYW knows how much we bid and will always "undercut" us as part of this continual pawn game until they feel it benefits them to give us some scraps.