Originally Posted by
jpso
SkyWest is beholden to AA, DL, UA, AS. I highly doubt Chip and friends would ever allow this place to become exclusive to one brand. After all, we're a contract airline. Diversity is what has fueled our growth previously and is our only survivability moving forward.
So how do you keep your CAs and senior FOs from moving to greener pastures? Because seniority in the majors is damn near everything, and every extra month they spend here gets as many as 200 people ahead of them at a legacy.