Originally Posted by
brakechatter
A couple of things here. There are a bunch of reasons for staying put. I have no problem with it. The problem is that they are different companies. For every dollar extra they earn, it is money out of MY pocket. ...
SWA coming to ATL now just exacerbates the situation at ASA. Those small RJs are about to become even MORE expensive--and unsustainable. Jerry is flailing to acquire whomever and whatever to stay viable. Republic as well. My prediction is that we see our 100 seater here after all, Alaska is next on the purchase block, and ASA, Comair, Republic, Skywest begin to shrink even more. Of course, SWA just blew their model right out of the water as well, so all bets are off.
Brakechatter,
You are right and I was thinking the same thing, that Southwest is likely to be a problem for the Delta Connection system.
My theory is that it is cost equivalent, or maybe even cheaper, to have mainline perform their own small jet flying. Especially when all the duplicate management and certificate structures are considered. (management and certificate management arguably don't produce revenue because these back office functions do not directly serve the customer)
I'd like to see ALPA devote some economic and financial analysis muscle to the question about the financial aspects of recapturing our work.