Originally Posted by
mpet
It's like the majors are throwing airplanes at the crappy regionals, whether they can staff them or not, to kill off the respected/decent paying regionals with the knowledge the pilots at said regionals will need to make a backwards move to to crappy regional as they all eventually die.
It's prob because Compass raked AA over the coals. Right is not an ideal time to put a bid out for rj flying. It must be way cheaper to extend at a previously agreed contract with pricing. Also I am sure its a super cheap deal for Delta to turn up the pressure on a contractor that runs feed for its two largest competitors in there brand new flagship rjs.