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. "
There is a way to bring down costs and increase performance to the level of Skywest airlines. But management is more concerned with keeping one side non-union in order to exert downward pressure on us all. Could you imagine spreading the costs of the entire corporation around 500+ aircraft?! Not to mention the reduction in costs by getting rid of redundant management and administrative personnel, and leveraging third party contracts (economies of scale).