Originally Posted by
Airsupport
not sure about that. Spending 100 million dollars for 6 gates to try and get flying they didn't have?? our management may not be union smart or people friendly, but i don't think they are crazy. actually our management is very business savvy. they have managed to secure 2 10 year agreements with delta and northwest. they also have agreements with continental, united, and usairways on the colgan side with future expansion planned. the thing at love field would have been all us, because i know nwa wouldn't have a hand in us flying into love field. i personally think the entire idea that southwest would have a regional is a little far fetched. wilder things have happened i guess. skywest is definantly in a better position to win the flying if there really is a pinnacle/skywest bid out there. we just don't have the people and southwest more than likely knows it. what will matter is if they care that we are short staffed. obviously delta and nwa dont mind.
Let me say that Delta did not want to Sell OFF ASA but had to do it to raise cash for the new credit card processing agreement they were pursuing., and the only way to do that was to sell at the Low price and sweeten the deal to skywest.. I may be a Dumb Pilot but I do know that they paid a hell of alot more money for ASA when they bought it..Lets just say Skywest was at the right place at the right time ie they they got lucky and hit the jackpot. if the market and the economy was diffrenent at the time I doubt Skywest would Own ASA... Now with that said when its all said and done A regional is a regional is a regional...
Fly safe yall