You do realize that almost every regional passes fuel cost through to mainline........right? :confused:

Hows the view from that ivory tower?:rolleyes:

I don't know, I not on an ivory tower! SKW doesn't have the lowest cost in the industry.

JJ, it wasn't a retaliatory personal attack. And you can say whatever you want about XJT. Doesn't bother me any. It was more of an observation about the tone and nature of your posts. I read a lot of the threads on here though I may not post and seems like I always see your name popping up as a sage of knowledge about every aspect of the goings on at many of the carriers out there, especially XJT. So take it more as a gentle jab than a kick to the balls. Thats how it was intended.

You know some learn from what they read and pass on whatever knowledge they have, that's a forum. Never have I ever stated that I know about the personal workings of another airline. I have made comments from what I've heard & learned but they are always followed by a question of is this right or not. You can go back and read my posting as you wish. As for business, that’s a different story. I can talk all day long about strategies.

WOW!!!

You do realize that basically XJT is shrinking and RAH is growing.

A top tier regional is having its employee ranks transfered over to a lower tier
than XJT. What makes you think this won't happen to RAH.

How is this really different than GoJets? CAL went with the cheaper pilot group to circumvent us at XJT. This is terrible.

And one day it will happen to RAH just like it will happen to us here at SKW, that's life at the regional level. RAH's lower cost isn't entirely due to their pilot groups blended BS FO rates. I do not agree with it as you do not but I have yet to meet an RAH pilot who likes their FO rates. They want to change them and they are in negotiations to do so.

As for one being a top tier and the other not, I think that’s the pot calling to kettle black. What do you think XJT did to ASA in LAX?

Because mesaba has about 30 airplanes on the way and is making money.
XJT on the other hand is losing flying left and right as well as money from a branded operation with load factors of 50-60%.

Both are different situations

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Thanks

Whoa...XJT didn't underbid or out maneuver anybody to get that LAX flying. ASA was given a shot and their performance did not meet Delta's standard. You can blame whoever you want for that. SkyWest, due to their contract with UAL was not able to provide the feed that Delta wanted at LAX. Delta throws up in their collective mouths a little bit whenever they hear the word "Mesa". Comair...well who knows what Delta's plan with Comair is. RAH has made it well known that they are not interested in the 50 seat market any longer and XJT was probably the only carrier out there willing to give the shared-risk approach a shot. It had nothing to do with dirty tactics or underbidding. And to the best of my knowledge, ASA did not "lose" any work from the deal, just shifted it back to ATL. So really an apples to bowling balls comparison.