The outlook can be deemed many different ways...personally I see 3 obvious reasons that may affect the outlook on Compass...

1-NWA will not merge with DAL, if it's taken them this long, it's not going to happen, just knowing captains at NWA and they say that there a very long way from getting things even close to negotiable on the seniority merger...with that said nither company is going to merge without ALPA approval from either side

2-The Embraer 175 aircraft is not an efficient airplane, it has the same engines as a CRJ-900 but sucks down alot more fuel. Even people at CAE that have flown both have said so...The CRJ-900 is faster and more efficient...the Embraer is more comfortable and can carry a higher payload... What I'm getting to is I'll be surprised if they decide to get the options on these airplanes...I know there is a scope clause on how many airplanes each regional has, but with gas prices going up it wouldn't surprise me if that changed...who knows compass could end up with some 900 flying...my guess is that eventually Mesaba and Compass will merge, there has already been a website created for it this...

3-Let's just say there was a merger, which would push NWA pilots back to Compass, and some Compass pilots would be furloughed...yea I know there's a 175 PIC type, but then what....Republic (which is a great place, but they don't hire alot)?

All I'm saying is look at the big picture here...there's alot of what if's...just as there are with any regional...it's all about job security