An advisor friend of mine pointed out that IF fuel can settle between $30-$50 per barrel it should help the airlines out a lot. Make a long conversation short the CRJ-200 was built when fuel was $25-$35. Don't see why this plane cannot be a small money maker like it was before. If we (ALL DCI) are so lucky and fuel can just settle at around this range, Delta may go easy on the cuts or even add routes in 2009-2010. But.... I know that is a huge dream but hey who knows.

I agree ASA is a good airline and the pay is almost unmatched anyplace else, one huge reason this was the 1st place I sent the good old resume and then got hired. But Skywest has c*ck blocked us on A LOT of things. If they keep this up they will absorb all of our growth and we will just maintain our current size. I see no reason why Skywest INC. itself would let ASA shrink but to maintain its size and turn a profit at the sametime, yes. Could be really risky for them to GROW 2 airlines at the sametime. Therefor, they will grow their own child and not the adopted ASA. At least that is what I think.