Originally Posted by
Mercyful Fate
Sure as of right now there is no reason, but you are in an industry where over night things can change. Delta was under BK protection not that long ago. It doesn't take much for the entire industry to take a nose dive, and things go into scramble mode. If anyone thinks this trend is going to last forever, they are nuts. Throw a pilot group into some sort of uncertainty, its amazing how all of the sudden past attitudes go out the window if they think they need to save their bacon.
While your concern for mainline pilots preserving and defending their flying is admirable (that is what it is, isn't it?) your making fun of pilots thinking trends will always continue is somewhat ironic. You clearly think SKYW's trend of going from metros to 76 seat CRJ900's will continue to infinity and beyond!
Spoiler alert: it will not. Its been one heck of a ride for them, and they will maintain a place among low bidder ACMI lift providers in the 76 and under market. But that elevator has reached its top floor. Major pilot groups own their code and will not choose to sell more to facilitate what you want/predict to be SKYW's manifest destiny.
Since you have nothing vested in any of this supposedly, then that shouldn't bother you at all.