Originally Posted by
EngineOut
If we were to buy Lynx from RAH (which I doubt, personally), I'd expect Jerry to operate it as a wholly owned subsidiary and only with the understanding that INC. would be able to operate the Q400 (current and future airframes) for other airlines like United, Continental, and Delta. With payrates like those, why would you want to fold them into SkyWest?
This has been a topic of conversation at SKW. We suspect that JA will not keep Lynx separate...he would gain 100 bottom-feeder pilots on one hand, and lose 2800 pilots to ALPA on the other. Lynx probably isn't worth it.