Originally Posted by
Bubba
Once upon a time, when some regional airlines were “wholly owned” it was pretty clear when the Major Airline (MA) said that they wanted to substitute a 737 for that BE99 flight into XYZ, no problem.
What is the distinction between the regional flying the major airline’s colors, having been whipped-sawed against another regional or wholly owned? When Major Airline calls the ATSCC (oh yeah, speed dial and they know the FAA managers by name) and says: Billy/Joe/Bob, “we would like to substitute our flight MA123 for our express/link/connection flight 1234 into XYZ”. ATSCC says, “No problem”.
Hey express/link/connection carrier, how does that affect your “on time performance”? Or your next contract with Major Airlines as an express/link/connection carrier?
That happened/happens all the time even without being wholly-owned. The mainline carriers do substitute their flights for the small jet flights and much of it does have to do with international feed, especially in the late afternoon and evening hours. Just the nature of being under contract to fly for a mainline carrier.