Originally Posted by
n9810f
If DAL axes any of the Republic flying (Chautauqua and Shuttle America), Delta is on the hook for the aircraft...if the cessation of services is terminated before the contract's expiration. It's spelled out very clearly in the Annual Report. I think all of the Shuttle E-jets are owned and the 145's are leased, so DAL would have to buy or lease the aircraft assigned to the contracts.
I'm taking your word for it because it sounds like what we've talked about here before. I would imagine that Ejets could find their way over to CPZ and the E145s could go to ASA and make their way over to XJT or something.
We won't see DCI shrink but we could possibly stop any further use of the multiple certificates under one roof ploy... hello Skywest.