Originally Posted by
KCaviator
I’m not sure what people don’t understand about this “growth” situation. There are ONLY two ways we can take those aircraft as additional growth:
1) Scope relief
2) Someone loses flying
#1 doesn’t appear as if it’s going to happen, nor should anyone be hoping for that.
#2 also appears less likely now that GoJet was saved by the CRJ550 deal. The only logical airline we could possibly take flying from in the future would be Compass. And even then, they don’t operate anywhere close to 100 aircraft.
The CRJ550 could allow the possibility of adding larger RJs, so that’s something to watch. Also, we could technically operate those planes for someone other than the Big 3, but again, that seems unlikely.
I’m not trying to be negative. I actually like my job and I think Republic is a fine place to work. But I think the picture that is being painted in regards to our future is much brighter than it actually is.
Not disagreeing with this, just adding info... the published articles quote BB as saying this jet order “positions Republic to compete for the more than 300 regional aircraft we anticipate being up for bid during the next five years as existing flying agreements expire with our global codeshare partners.” No idea what 300+ regional aircraft he’s talking about, but I wouldn’t be surprised if some kind of initial agreement has been made with codeshare partner(s) to take someone else’s flying. I also wouldn’t be terribly surprised if none of that happens lol