Originally Posted by
HercDriver130
Hell SKW has been buying themselves to the top of the regional ladder for years..... FIRST ASA.... then their failed attempt at XJET.... but i guess the 800 or so pilots that would have lost their jobs in that purchase would have been okay....
I think paying somebody money for the privilege of being awarded a contract is basically buying your flying. Call it financing, good business sense, predatory expansion or whatever you like, but its still very different than buying a tangible asset. So when Delta was basically giving a cash cow airline like ASA away for $375 million, I think that constitutes a different kind of purchase. As for XJT, I'm not sure the sentiment, but that airline deserves better than what they're getting now. I'm not sure if SKW would have provided that to them, but I don't think JA's intent was to cannibalize them.