Originally Posted by
Happyflyer
There's are probably in productive service with an 18 hour daily utilization. Still only one company and one with high margins. His other option is a market with RJ, or a high denisity LLC.
Maybe he plans to poach Skywest mechanics, pilots, schedulers, fa's, and others. They probably have a well trained presence there.
A big part of this is that he's choosing to headquarter out of a city where Delta not only has a large presence, but already bases the aircraft he is hoping to use to advantage over other carriers due to the lower CASM. It just seems like one of the worst possible choices of location since Delta can easily put the same aircraft on the same routes.