Originally Posted by
tom14cat14
Thanks everyone for answering, and yes i was asking for the agreement to fly for them not pilot contracts. I was thinking th same thing as someone else mentioned about the wholly owned carries taking the brunt of the downsizing since we do not have a specific number of planes we have to fly for them but after contracts start coming due if what delta says comes true the others will start getting phased out and that flying shifted to Mesaba, Comair and Compass. Granted a lot can change between now and then. I also think they said 100 50 seater's not specifically 200. Correct me if i am wrong but i think mesa/freedom fly's 145 and those are 50 seater's so i think they are counting some of those. you can correct me if i am wrong about 145 since i have never flown one or flown in one.
They are not going to get rid of the contract carriers. If they do that, the wholly-owneds will unite in a heartbeat and demand massive compensation increases.
I suspect the ideal mix is about 1/3 wholly-owned and 2/3 contract. That way they get to keep some feed profit from the WO's as well as use them as an "accumulator" when they need to make sudden capacity cuts. But the whole purpose of regionals is whipsaw to get cheaper pilots...too much wholly-owned defeats that purpose.