There are a great many pilots working at many carriers for DCI.

What I saw what Mesaba going to SKW but there being the same ole issue of giving one entity to much of the DCI market share and having the ability to control the ASA's and prices. Read Not good for Ma Delta. That is why Pinnacle a former WO NWA carrier who has two other relatively small carriers a good choice in the eyes of DAL. Split it up and get it off the balance sheet. The sale price is a joke considering ASA was bought by DAL for 800 million and Comair for over a billion a decade ago. ASA was sold at a bargain price of 400 million the day before DAL entered CH11 protection, and now they are selling these airlines for nothing. That sends a message to me.

The message is that DAL does not see DCI and or being a runner of WO airlines as the way to go moving forward. They want new ASA contracts that allows for risk sharing of said flying, they want to make the third party carriers responsible for their delays and effect on the passengers. That will happen.

Now in regard to CPS. This one to me is screwy. I figured they would sell the jets to RJET the only major 175 operator in turn for them getting out from under their DCI ASA deal. It would have involved them returning the CPS cert to the feds. With TSA getting the airline intact as well as the sim it sends a message too. It also says keep the flying split up, we did not like the deal RJET or ASA was offering, and keep them fighting among each other. TSA is a bottom feeder that play poorly. One name, Go Jets. Just remember this is the company that created that alter ego. They were kicked out of DCI by Leo Mullen of all people. That should tell you something right there.

It tells me that they like the jets enough to keep them in a 10 year agreement but if TSA finds a need for them somewhere else, DAL may be willing to let that ASA go. It is called divesting from your under performers.It also leaves a lot of DAL pilots not wanting TSA to have anything to do with hiring pilots involved in a flow agreement with DAL. Read pressure from the one place that has leverage to make the flow stick, DALPA. Smart move IMHO. TSA is not someone that imo can tote the line on the customer service levels DAL wants. I see them having a hard time. Not the pilots, the airline.

In the end Pinnacle will be the core of DCI with SKW. Everything else is expendable. That is apparent. These new agreements all end in 202o or so. Everything is looking to end in 2020. What does that make people think? It has many different and varying answers, but one thing appears clear, DAL does not want DCI lift with contracts past this decade.

We will see how the flow plays out, but in the end, the careers of those pilots will be decided by their representation. Talk to your guys no matter where you are working.