Originally Posted by
BSOuthisplace
Airways has been slowly reducing the crj200 fleet through the contract on the west side for the past year or so.
Yes, this fact is undisputed. The US Airways code share agreement allows them to reduce "the combined CRJ fleets...by one aircraft in any six month period." One CRJ-200 is already leaving the fleet this quarter, and another is planned to leave in 3Q 2010.
Originally Posted by
BSOuthisplace
Now that BK is upon Mesa, Airways will most likely pressure them to dump all of the rjs 200s, leaving only the 900s.
Airways can't pressure Mesa to do anything. US Airways is not a creditor to the bankruptcy proceedings at Mesa. Mesa, as the current DIP, and only Mesa may choose to renegotiate the contract with US Airways, with the approval of the bankruptcy judge. In the mean time, the only "pressure" US Airways could enforce on Mesa is to terminate the entire code-sharing agreement. But this would cause the loss of all of the Dash 8 and CRJ-200/-900 feed currently performed by Mesa, a condition US Airways is currently not in a position to replace on an expedited basis.
Originally Posted by
BSOuthisplace
Delta flying is also on the chopping block once the litigation is settled.
Again, not entirely correct. The Delta flying is only on the chopping block if the litigation is settled in Delta's favor. So far, this hasn't happened. Unless resolved by the courts at an earlier date, the current court injunction will keep the Delta flying off the chopping block until the earliest code-sharing termination date in November 2013.
Originally Posted by
BSOuthisplace
If you think any 50 seaters are going to make it through BK you are mistaken.
I think if Mesa does emerge from bankruptcy, they will have just as many 50 seaters as they need to fulfill any code share agreements for the remaining time period on those contracts. It would be foolish to abandon 50 seat aircraft that they are currently being paid to operate. They need this revenue to demonstrate that they have any sort of a financially viable future.
I'm just trying to keep your facts straight. I corrected you by stating that there are only 6 Dashes flying out west for US Airways, that PDT would not likely end up with the entire fleet of 16 that you mentioned. Then you brought up Mesa and your vision of their bankruptcy plan to trim down to a fleet of only CRJ-700/-900. Today you brought up the Delta code share and the Mesa flying being on the chopping block, along with asserting that no 50 seat jet equipment will make it through the bankruptcy process. How does this have anything to do with PDT and Dash-8 equipment and flying opportunities???