Nooe, not at all , however I don’t live in a fantasy world either .
In order for ZW to survive this someone is gonna have to get down on all 4s, bend over and go under the desk with a Bibb on if you catch my drift . It’s gonna be tough . Adding the 700 isn’t a lifesaver . Mesa , SkyWest and gojet all fly it too so once again cost will be the determining factor as shown with c5 and ev . With those four , it would be a safe assumption that Zw’s cost and payroll are probably the highest .

I mean didn’t AWAC sign a 4 year deal with UAL in early 2017? Not sure when the 4 years starts/ends (somewhere between Q1 2021- Q1 2022) but I don’t know how bullish I’d be right now. I really hope I’m wrong, I’ve got a few friends at AWAC and crews have always been great to me. Hopefully things turn around before COVID Claims another airline

4 year contract is only good if

1) there aren’t meaningful escape clauses
2) United isn’t willing to play hardball and just break the contract leaving AWAC’s estate to pursue them in court

ZW is in the same boat except for the fact that if ZW is losing money it means nothing to UA. If ExpressJet or commutair are losing money United is losing money. ZW losses money, their owners lose money. Express and commute lose money united loses money. United is trying to save their money, they could care less about others losing money.

ZW doesn't care about losing money in the short-term. To the owners, the airline is an investment. ZW doesn't need to stay profitable throughout this to stay alive, it just needs a war chest to limp along until it can be profitable again.

that’s my point, ZW can limp along at a loss for the next few years knowing they will come out of the other side with less competition. The companies that are either partly or wholly owned by major or ones that are publicly traded have a lot more pressure to break even or make a profit at all cost. Short term United had to get rid of something it was dumping money into to show investors that’s its doing everything it can so save money.

Interesting perspective. Can you expand on this, cite some examples possibly?

it’s fairly straightforward. Let’s say you sign a two-year cell phone contract with Verizon. And you also pay your son the same amount per month to mow the yard.you lose your job, who do you stop paying?

Famous last words of a Comair pilot

I'm not so sure ZW has that many super senior people around after the last few years of hiring into the majors and elsewhere. They aren't as top heavy as they once were.