Originally Posted by
Slaphappy
Keep an eye on The UAL CAL merger, if it happens this could be the second golden age of skywest. There will new flying up for grabs as well as old flying from airlines like xjt and mesa that probably won't survive the merger due to their high costs and horrible financial states. It wouldn't surprise me if Skywest even helped financed the merger to get a guarante percentage of the flying.
Our costs on the 70 seaters are the lowest in the industry and we are the BEST positioned to take on new flying the quickest. Wouldn't be surprised if we get a IAH and EWR crj 700 base if this does happen. Keep your fingers crossed I know the boys in SGU are already planning their attack strategy.
Wow, just Wow....................
No one drinks more Kool-Aid than you Slap.
So, just how do you think XJT's contract will be cancelled? Under what grounds? Remember that they’re operating at less than what our bid was. Make no mistake, their contract will be upheld during the merger just as ours will and just like with DAL our flying will be remain, for the most part, "status quo."
BTW, we at SKW are not the lowest cost regional, not even close.