Originally Posted by
DashDriverYV
I would be worried if I were he other about underbidding mesa. Sure you may get the 900 flying, but at what cost? Mesa made the same fatal flaw earlier this decade with its' 200 flying at United. Under bid too much, and you end up operating at a loss for the next X amount of years. that is to actually underbid Mesa...
Agreed 100% about Mesa underbidding. But still it all goes back to the people who allowed this nonsense of contract flying to exist to begin with. You will never have leverage. Eventually the only people flying for any major carrier will be contract regional airlines. Almost all of United's flying domestically is already regional carriers! So much for moving on if regional airlines keep getting more.