Originally Posted by
meritflyer
If SkyWest was awarded any sort of flying with Southwest, it scores another victory for management and ultimately the guys that get crapped on are the Southwest guys.
Just another regional F'n up anyone's dreams of being a mainline pilot.
With that being said, the SkyWest/Southwest rumor to me has little credibility. It'd make little sense for the SWA business model. Most SWA guys that you bring this up to laugh at it.
Do you actually think a regional airline is forcing mainline Mgmnt to off load flying?
Do you think that regional airlines sit around thinking about how they can ruin THEIR industry and the careers of THEIR pilots?
Please, Mgmnt does what Mgmnt feels they have to do in order to further their company’s futures! After all, most of the airlines out there are simply supporting cast. They’re motives are to grow and remain profitable by positioning themselves so that their services are attractive to mainline carriers. This has been the basic business model for feeder airlines since the beginning of codesharing.
If a carrier feels that they can improve their business by acquiring supporting cast then they will do so and only they will decide at what level to acquire those services.
Don’t forget the three basic principles of life………….Adapt, Move or Die!
BTW, I am not saying SKW will start feeding SWA but to say it will never happen or that a regional is ruining our industry is asinine.