Originally Posted by
ToiletDuck
There are three separate certificates. With that there are no violations of compete clauses. You can't seriously think they'd go through all this trouble without considering this. Skywest flies for United and Delta doesn't that sound like a conflict of interest to you?
Skywest isn't about to own and operate E-190s and A320s that would violate scope clause at every major partner. Skywest also isn't planning on directly competiting with the airlines that provide them contract flying. Ironically, RAH is going to be competiting with it's own connection and express services on a lot of routes.
I think BB did think about all of the possibilities and I think he is betting the company with this move. It's a huge gamble with the possibility of a huge reward. If he succeeds, RAH will become the first ULCC and he will have reinvented the industry. No one could touch his low cost model with out significant concessions from their labor groups. At that point it would matter if he lost or didn't get his express contracts or didn't have them renewed