Originally Posted by
SharkAir
Mainly I just wanted to say something that I thought was funny. But thanks.
In any case, SkyWest mainly has 200s. Most of the 700s are United, which have 66 seats, of which 6 are first class. The Delta 700s have 70 coach seats. The Delta 900s, which we have few of, have 76 seats, of which 9 are first class. Only in rare cases do any of our planes have the revenue potential of a DC-9.
The fact that it is even within the realm of possibility is the problem.
There may come a day when we're all flying around in 100-120 seat airplanes for about what we're making now and codesharing with the legacies/majors or whoever. That would get around scope and I would say it's only a matter of time before the majors figure that out. British Airways is already doing it with their OpenSkies subsidiary flying 757s across the pond.
Now, I understand that is an extreme and would take a while to get there but regionals flying bigger and bigger airplanes (CRJ-900s/E-175s/E190s) is a slippery slope and the slide has already begun.