Originally Posted by
Finessed
The real question that should be asked. Why has the Utah mafia continuously self rid themselves of actually operating the 550. SkyWest management has made strong moves to take over the 175 market and lease out whatever CRJ they can to anyone, which makes zero sense, unless... they know something. The 550 was used as a dance around scope by UA management. How do we not know UA Management is negotiating scope with their union as we speak? I keep hearing this constant phrase “the 70-76 seater is maxed out”, but that could easily be renegotiated as long as it benefits UA pilots.
I dunno. During their LOA negotiations for Covid the UA pilots actually gained significant ground re: scope. There are no more 76 seater flying and block hours are limited drastically. Maybe something is up but there’s been very little posturing by the company. I don’t see it loosening up.
Skywest has proven there is more money in leasing than operating. Mesa wants to follow that lead.