IronCityBlue
Blue member (hey wait...)
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My guess....
ExpressJet branded folds in less than a month, I'd put some money on that. They will low ball Delta flying and have an SLC domicile in less than two months at SkyWest's expense.
Mesa will lose domestic (lower 48) flying one by one, left with 900 flying and Go!
Skybus gone in three months.
Virgin America gone in 12 months.
One legacy (who knows?) gone/merged/stapled in 12 months.
My guesses are worth what you paid for them....
Lilah
What is the penality for Delta taking away Mesa's 900 flying? I thought those airframes were on the Delta certificate and being paid for by Delta, and Delta clearly wants them flown by someone (unlike the DoJets of a few years ago) so as long as Delta handeled the leases, etc for the planes, how much additional penality could it cost to move 14 planes somewhere else if the leases were already covered?
Just wondering that if Delta was unhappy with Mesa performance, wouldn't it be all of them? Whatever their reliability factor is, I'm sure their 900 flights were very similar.