These types of threads must make you nervous. SkyWest has to place 50 seaters in risky schemes (at risk flying) with Airtran so they won't have to park them in the desert, and also has to give CR9s to Vietnam. No wonder you are krapping your pants. I think you are the one who smells the worst here. Don't worry, at least your company has a lot of new planes on order, and of course the legacies are doing poorly, so their scope clauses will be relaxed which could benefit you. Oh wait, that is totally wrong. It's actually opposite of what is happening. The UAL/CAL guys will probably tighten scope, airlines like Delta are starting to get rid of props and 50 seaters. Are you sure you are going to get the USAIr flying in PHX? Nobody else has their hands in on that? Mesa isn't still trying to go even lower than your offer? If you do get it, that would probably be at very low rates (again), and at risk too. You see, it's not like after 9-11 when regionals could get huge profits from legacies, having them pay for your fuel and giving you a guaranteed profit. Now you have to hope it all works out. Again, more reasons for you to poop your pants. You need to quit being so cocky and realize where you are in the food chain.
Bye Bye--General Lee