From the Air Wisconsin thread. It applies just as much to Compass, and every other regional:
Originally Posted by
CanWeGetTheLeft
The regional industry changes more now in six months than it used to in 6 years.
Speculating on the future of Air Wisconsin beyond the end of our current agreement with United is a fool’s errand.
Remember when GoJet was dead because the Delta flying was going away and Expressjet got new 175’s, meaning that there wasn’t scope for the -700 flying GoJet had?
Remember when Expressjet was dead because they were being slowly strangled by Skywest and there was no way they were ever getting new aircraft?
Both of those things were true within the last 6 months.