Originally Posted by
CBreezy
If you are assuming that subcontracted labor is a thing of the past, then you clearly don't have a firm grasp on economics. The cutouts already exist and there will always be downward cost pressure on the major carriers. Once the big retirement boom ends in 20 years, there will be stagnation again and there will be an abundance of pilots. Places like Mesa, Skywest and TSH will continue to make their owners oodles of cash by flying regional jets for cheap. If American limits themselves to just their wholly-owned, they will be missing out on thousands of extremely qualified pilots.
Save this post and revisit it again in a few years.
RAH, TSA, SKW and XJT were used as pawns for AA get to their cost where they want them in house at the WOs. That step is complete and it is on to the next one which will take some time. Just because it is not what "you" would do does not mean it is not what AAG is going to do.