Originally Posted by
Blackhawk
But you hope for the best yet plan for the worst.
Personally, if I was looking at regionals right now owning their own airplanes would be pretty far down on the list. Plenty of BR and CA tail numbers floating around still as well. Most of those were owned by their previous airline.
TSA and CP were pure staffing agencies. SKYW, MESA and XY own some / most of the metal and don’t transfer it around at will.
The ability to finance the regional equipment also gives those a leg up in future contracts. AA has plenty of debt and will be happy to have SKYW buy the equipment as they just did.