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Well it a gut kick. The quality of the operators (TSA management) is no improvement on Mesa.
With these prices you would hope that Delta was getting their money back through restructuring of the DCI agreements, but, TSA had already been fired once by Leo Mullin. Take away:
- We're just giving lip service to our product
- Narrow body domestic operations up to 100 seats is not seen as a core part of Delta's business
- There must have been provisions in the new DCI agreements that Jerry Atkin and Bryan Bedford found very unappealing
- Delta does not want SkyWest, or Republic getting stronger
- The whipsaw will continue, amongst labor and their employers
As for flow, a flow to these carriers is unappealing. There isn't anything in it for Delta pilots. Delta management does not seem to like the flow either. So the only place the flow remains popular is amongst the new orphans. Experience tells me that distant MEC's are not sympathetic to orphans. I doubt we'll waste the postage on a conciliatory letter, after all, we were quick to vote to enable this to happen.
I agree with everything but will highlight the last. DAL pilots will not want this flow to continue once the initial group flows up. That will take four years.
Like I have said this is a developing story.
I do not put it out of the realm of possibility that SKW and or RJET will go buy these new super regionals, and I am not sure there is squat DAL could do about it if they honored the ASA's.