Originally Posted by
TheManager
Think about this for a second.
I live in the southwest United States and I fly Delta more often than not. I typically fly on RJ's either out of ATL or through ATL.
Now, SWA comes into town. 737's to everywhere I previously flew on an RJ. And, the frequent flyer awards to a free ticket are easier to attain.
What the eph do you do now if you are RA?
A 100 seat jet is starting to look more important now.
Plus, it is not going to be long that my pilots will be making more and more noise about their pay rates vis a vis SWA's as they see same or smaller a/c operating out of the same market making significantly mo' dough.
If you read the Flight Global interview and look at the talk from RA over the last six month, I think you can conclude the same thing. No more bad words on the C-Series, and in reality he has really been talking that aircraft up. I believe that he and other have seen this coming for some time.
I think most are finally stating, finally instead of when. Now they can go after it and not the idea.