Originally Posted by
JungleBus
So if I read the above correctly, Shuttle owns their 170s/175s but can require Delta to purchase them if DL terminates the contract without cause after 1/16 (at appx $9.7m/copy). I don't see anything about Shuttle being required to sell them to DL...they'd possibly just turn around and fly 'em for AA. And then there's the other scenario - DL terminating the contract *with* cause, which seems like a plausible outcome considering they're suing em for breach of contract. Interested to know what's actually in that CPA, but I'd imagine it's hidden somewhere in the good Rev. Bedford's vault...
You nailed it with the last part. The RAH pilots may not accept that reality, but if RAH continues to have staffing issues, Delta will cancel their CPA, with cause, and the RAH can try and place them elsewhere, but that really won't work too well with their staffing issues that led to the cancellation in the first place. As for placing them with AA, the winds are already turning back to Envoy as the only regional that will be able to staff the Eagle flying for AA on a consistent basis. RAH has been cancelling Q400 and 50 seat lift just to keep up their staffing on 76 seat flying.
I wager Delta only keeps RAH around until it can replace that flying with mainline pilots.
I've said it a couple times over on the regional forum, the mainline partners are the ones in the driver seat and really "own" the aircraft.