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Originally Posted by WesternSkies
Build up their WO? PSA might have doubled, but Envoy is a shell of what is was. I don't see shifting planes from one WO to another as building.
Sure ZW left AA flying but in the past few years nearly every regional out there has announced more American flying.
The WO narrative is one that AA tells their WO.
Delta gave 9E the highest pay in the industry as a way to build their operations and rid the contract-carriers from their books. They can do this because they have the monetary backing from Delta. American will likely do the same.
Like it or not companies like Republic, Trans States and SkyWest won’t be able to compete if pilot pay keeps going up. Profit margins will shrink, and companies will either merge or fold.
I’m not saying it will happen overnight. But fee-for-departure airlines will be a thing of the past sooner rather than later.