Originally Posted by
amcnd
It does suck.. but read Delta's take on it (on Deltanet)
"As Delta has continued to elevate its regional operation to reach mainline levels of performance, over the last several years, ExpressJet’s operational reliability has fallen short of Delta’s high standards and its cost structure exceeded the other carriers in the Delta portfolio. "
100% BS.
Delta doesn't care about anything but cost.
Endeavor won't do a bit better with those broke ass old 200s.
It's about seniority. ASA has way more people who have been there a long time-and hence, they are more expensive. Just like ACA and Comair..... Once a regional becomes a place that doesn't totally blow, too many people stick around-and pretty soon some other regional undercuts them.
One other component is Skyw's desire to keep the union out.... After seeing this, and given the fact that Lxjt will be shut down eventually, you can bet Skywest pilots will never vote a union in.