Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
No it is not a good thing. Places like RJET can sign life agreements with Star, One World, and Skyteam that could very well circumnavigate every mainlines Section One scope previsions. That would be the end game. A carve out of 150 seats and below that these Mega Regionals would slowly take from the Flagship carriers of these alliances.
I should have been more specific, in a way, there is something good to come of that and that is that management teams will need to realize that they can no longer ignore the fact that their outsource "partners" are now taking contracts of their own because, ironically, they're cheaper.
At some point, whatever savings you might obtain by outsourcing to a regional is completely washed away not only for us and management but for those who own stock- the ones who count the most. And to me, the only proper defense to that is to go back on offense and put worthy small jets and big props back on property and remain in house.
However, there is a lot more bad than good and you spelled it out already.