The "rumor" I heard was that the rates DAL were offering were below profitability, therefore our company wasn't interested. ZW bid below cost, to get their foot in the door, hoping to negotiate things up later; the same trap G7 and many others have fallen into with DAL. And they quickly realized that wasn't going to happen with the hard deal RA negotiates. Thus them losing interest before money.

Now hopefully, DAL will realize the time has come to spend some of their record profits and mssive fuel savings on securing long term quality feed, not just cost before all else. DAL must realize you have safe, cheap, and quality, but you can't have all three. You must choose two. They need to start paying us what we're worth, or take all the flying in house and roll the dice that the 717s pay off with oil approaching $60/barrel for the long term.

 

I mean this is the most honest way but how is it that SkyWest is able to offer a Safe and Quality operation without ever (seemingly) having to bring "cheap" into the equation? Would it have something to do with their geographical coverage and reputation? Every time I look around they've got more flying contracts/airplanes handed down to them.

No doubt I'm happy for them. But meanwhile the East Coast regionals incessantly squabble and fight for contracts/airplanes/(now pilots?) when skywest is out there stuffing their face and doing a damn good job for the passengers and airline partners.

Just an observation. (You may now cannibalize me)

 

x2. I always wondered the same thing.

 

No canibalizing needed... I have friends there and although their SAPA isn't Alpa, and their contract isn't quite what ours is, their lines always seem to be more efficient, their culture seems happier, and they've got business coming out their ears. I wish we could pick up on some of their magic, whatever it may be...

 

Source?
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It's confirmed. Air Wisky internal emails posted on various forums.

Unconfirmed: It appears that 9E employees received a memo today stating that the Air Wisky deal did in fact fall through, and at least for now, those airframes will remain with 9E.

 

Let me google that for you

 

Thanks. I didn't want to answer him myself. I thought I was going to make the internets explode.

This would've been a safer bet though:
Let me Bing that for you

 

SKW got a contract?

When was this?

 

The Company Culture is Very different than that of most regionals.