Consolidation has begun
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That depends entirely on your risk tolerance and goals. You want safe and slow? Skywest/Republic/AA wholly owneds/Endeavor are likely either too big or too secure to fail. Some upgrade quicker than others.
You want quick upgrades to get out of the regionals or to make a lot of money and build time quickly? Expressjet, Whiskey, Mesa, Commutair.
There's no one right or wrong answer, it all depends on your personal situations.
You want quick upgrades to get out of the regionals or to make a lot of money and build time quickly? Expressjet, Whiskey, Mesa, Commutair.
There's no one right or wrong answer, it all depends on your personal situations.
#12
Track record has nothing to do with it. Alaska will always need 1 additional regional to compete with Horizon for flying otherwise we would gain too much leverage in future contract negotiations. That is Skywest's primary function and role in serving Alaska.
When our management isnt burning us to the ground with their ineptitude and arrogance, our performance is probably best in the industry (whatever that's worth).
When our management isnt burning us to the ground with their ineptitude and arrogance, our performance is probably best in the industry (whatever that's worth).
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That depends entirely on your risk tolerance and goals. You want safe and slow? Skywest/Republic/AA wholly owneds/Endeavor are likely either too big or too secure to fail. Some upgrade quicker than others.
You want quick upgrades to get out of the regionals or to make a lot of money and build time quickly? Expressjet, Whiskey, Mesa, Commutair.
There's no one right or wrong answer, it all depends on your personal situations.
You want quick upgrades to get out of the regionals or to make a lot of money and build time quickly? Expressjet, Whiskey, Mesa, Commutair.
There's no one right or wrong answer, it all depends on your personal situations.
#14
They already tried that a while back...
Doubt it. I think they'd revert to just OO doing their flying first...
QX is one camel which already thinks it should live in the tent, they won't want to encourage that.
Last few years pretty much confirm that. They'll thrive at least until the next major industry or economic catastrophe. Economy of scale counts for a lot, and they have a lot of that. Plus good managers.
7. The number of pilots flying for regionals will be 1/2 of what they were. 20,000 pilots will go to 10,000 pilots. A lot of these slots will be added to the number of pilots flying for the majors. Some slots will go away (fewer 76 seat flights replacing 50 seat flights) driven by the pilot shortage.
Still not sure what their plan is. Maybe they're just hoping for a recession and are now alarmed that it's waaaay past A14 on that. It may involve further industry consolidation... eliminating some overlap would help with pilot shortage. A little, loads are pretty high these days.
#15
I’ve said this already in the past, but we are now beginning to witness the consolidation of regional partners among our codeshares. Like every other big change in this industry, DL will lead the charge and AA/UA will eventually follow suit. The outcome will be dedicated “wholly-owned” carriers to one specific codeshare, along with YX and OO as wildcards to tie up any loose ends. If you’re just beginning to enter this industry choose your stepping-stone wisely!
Consolidation has been in process for some time now of which seems to be a trend of consolidating away from TSH companies.
#16
I’ve said this already in the past, but we are now beginning to witness the consolidation of regional partners among our codeshares. Like every other big change in this industry, DL will lead the charge and AA/UA will eventually follow suit. The outcome will be dedicated “wholly-owned” carriers to one specific codeshare, along with YX and OO as wildcards to tie up any loose ends. If you’re just beginning to enter this industry choose your stepping-stone wisely!
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Consolidation within regionals has been going on forever yes, not consolidating carriers under codeshares.
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Hold up. Most of your post was pretty solid, but are you mad that there shouldn’t be scope concessions? Tell me I’m misreading the raging emoji.
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