Originally Posted by
H46Bubba
SkyWest will take over for a while then look for the LAX flying to start converting over to mainline. They'll begin delivery on their new 73NG's (737-700s) this month. LAX is Delta's post merger gem for utilizing NWA's pacific routes.
From everything I've read, the 737-700s will be focused on thin Latin American routes, although the initial schedules have the aircraft doing ATL/CVG-SNA. I hadn't heard anything about the -700s doing any West Coast stuff other than that.
Anyway, I'm really hoping what ends up happening is that SkyWest gets all of the XJet routes, but loses some of its eastern ops in the process, then Comair picks them up, Art calls me and gives me a class date before I sink into oblivion, I start training on the CRJ and finish my 300 hours of IOE, and spend the next 20 years of my life as an F/O. Because that would be a heck of a lot better than the outlook right now!