Originally Posted by
flycrj200
Delta needs the W/O for flexibility. They can increase and decrease the flying as they wish. You will never get that kind of flexibility with a contract carrier. Even if Delta wants to sell the W/O, they will have a very tough time finding a buyer. The days of guaranteed fee for departure are long gone. The contract carriers will have to share the risk with major carrier on any new contracts to be signed. Sharing expenses and risk is not a good thing for contract carriers. IMHO, you will see a couple of W/O and 2 contract carriers flying for DCI.
I agree with this.
They would need to dress OH A LOT to sell them. No one is that dumb. Their costs are out of control due to the cuts.
I agree that we will see a few WO and a few contract carriers. A lot of these contract will either not be renewed or they will be changed to risk sharing at the checkpoints.