Old 02-01-2011, 08:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Mesabah View Post
It wouldn't surprise me if the regionals bought these airplanes and leased them to the mainline. A lot of majors can't afford the additional debt load like some regionals can.
Bingo. They would not necessarily lease them, but the mainline would pay a "fee" to operate them. Cash flow the payments and keep the debt off the mainline ledger.

That is the great savings of outsourcing. Dividing the pilots is only an added benefit.

How a major chooses to organize their balance sheet is their business, but who flies the jets is the business of the pilots.
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