Originally Posted by
RockyBoy
We should just get rid of EV and SW and go with wholly owned regionals. That way we can do what we want when we want. I'm sure Delta would be saving more money right now if they could have parked more 50 seaters but SKYW has a contract that has to be honored.
EV has 17 years left of their contract. That is correct 17 years.
There are a lot of gates that they need to pass though at certain annual predetermined points. The one of interest to many DAL pilots is year five. ASA needs to be in the bottom two in terms of cost of their operation in relation to ALL DCI operators. If not there are a few things that can happen.
1) DAL can impose the new costs on ASA and they can choose to accept them
2) DAL can cancel certain percentages and portions of their flying.
I will post a link to the non-critical (trade secret) portions of their DCI contract. It is posted and registered with the SEC.
It is a big deal. It appears that EV management is in their initial stages of cost control. It has the underpinnings of getting very ugly.
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/da...042_1ex1d2.htm