Originally Posted by
Mercyful Fate
As far as management, pilot, janitor, lav dumper goes, lets just say I have no horse in the SKW and DL race. None of it impacts me either way. Both could vanish and it doesn't change my situation at all....
Yes, DL did have a problem with the UAL code share deal so you are dead wrong about that. That caused a massive shift on how the business model changed between majors and regionals. There is a reason those regionals like Comair and ACA no longer exist, and SKW is in the position it is. There is another reason why regionals that once puddled around in 19 seat Metro's are flying 76 seat jets in these partnerships, and that is because it is a give and take between pilot groups and management. I don't need to remind you how this happened, or how it will continue to happen in the future, because no matter what you say...you know. You guys folded like a shirt when it came to bigger equipment than the 50 seat RJs, and you will fold again. Mark my words, it will happen.
If it was going to happen it would have happened in this round of negotiations. This was when it was critical to launch the new airframes. Embraer has already acknowledged that nothing is going to change and put of the new version of the E175.