Originally Posted by
Dunkin
AA, along with UAL and DAL, will purchase some regional airlines to prevent that from happening. The only question is who get bought and for what price, after the first one gets purchased it will be a domino effect eventually leading to just a handful of regionals that will all have a flow and career pipeline to their mainline owner. There will not be any path to get to a major that doesn't go through an RJ cockpit.
That was tried and failed in the late 90s and early 2000s. Do a little research into Bizex, Asa and Comair.
Look at the history of the current ml mgmts. They dangle a few carrots to keep the pilots flying but never commit to anything long-term that they can't get ou of. There will be a few who benefit but eventually the carpet will be pulled out when ml says the time is right. The ones who think ml mgmts care about their futures haven't been in the industry long enough to know better.