Originally Posted by
reelbigchair
I think the main reason (outside the union stuff) is to keep the two certificates. They don't currently need it, but it may be useful if they ever need to skate around a major's scope... ie shuttle america, chq, republic or gojet/tsa.
I thought that was EXACTLY why that did that. So in the future ASA can go for WEST COAST UL flying because SKYW is stuck with DL out there. ASA is stuck with DL in the east so SKYW can do the UL flying here.