Originally Posted by VegasBoy
I spent nearly ten years at Express and it was a miserable place to work. As far as regionals go, I don't know if any regionals are any better; they're all just varying levels of abuse and lousy pay. Wherever you end up, move on as quickly as possible.
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CAL's capacity purchase agreement is their largest debt obligation: 1.34 billion dollars in 2006; with nearly 100 million of that to meet Express' contractual profit margin. (AWST 27Mar06 "Cash Calf" p.48) Continental would be foolish to not: 1. renegotiate more favorable terms for feed capacity 2. farm out feed flying to cheaper inferior products like Mesa or Chataqua. Bethune cared about the quality of the product; current management is all numbers.
I believe Express will end up flying for another carrier, flying will decrease at CAL, but that additional flying will not be JetBlue or Southwest.
Sorry you had a bad experience at XJT. Im there right now and love it.
Ive got a third option: What if airline management charged the flying public what it actually cost to fly their increasingly large a$$es around instead of whipsawing labor and pitting one airline against the other in this great race to the bottom.
But I guess as long as people demand filet mignon, TVs at every seat and a limo to the airport for $99 coast to coast there will always be a company out there ready to trim a little bit more to provide it.
