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.
Sounds like "we got um.". Time for early contract negotiations and then parking of those RJs after their contracts expire. Do it. (isn't that from Starsky and Hutch the movie? Ben Stiller plays Starsky and at a party orders a rum and Coke from a waitress and then says, "Do it, Do it!")