Originally Posted by
MasterOfPuppets
It means nothing more than we are buying our regional jets. We already own Mesas fleet of 175's and maybe a few of the SkyWest 175's. I think United owns close to 100 175s with this anouncement.
It makes sense to buy the RJs, if a regional folds, can't staff or goes bankrupt and demands higher prices from United, we can reposes the jets and move them elsewhere. Maybe even mainline.
All 3 airlines lost their shirts when Republic went bankrupt. RAH owned the jets that they needed and bent them over for more money in court. Lesson learned maybe? Just my theory.
Does this not sound really bad though? They "delay" an order of -700's that were supposed to take over for the unreliable regional product and decide to take over someone else's order of big RJs? Seems like this announcement confirms less mainline jobs and more outsourcing