Originally Posted by
JoeMerchant
Northwest and Continental were members of SkyTeam. Alaska is now a codeshare partner...What's the difference? Is because they are a "regional"?
Technically, they are not a regional. Their revenues, combined, exceeded $1billion so they are a MAJOR, albeit a LOW PAYING MAJOR.
Alliances and Code-sharing, in my book, seem to take away jobs and growth<-----IMHO. What keeps me alert about the RAH scenario is that, RAH's employees are paid less than Delta employees, hence a creation of a B or C scale scenario with the inclusion of RAH in Sky-team working for or with Delta.
That is it. I have no ill will towards any pilot groups or airlines. I just want OUR airlines to regain traction on better contracts, rather than get diluted with low paying alternatives.
TYG