While Delta’s moves on its regionals are only the most visible to date, it is likely that the merger of United and Continental will have a larger impact on regionals than was thought. Indeed, regionals have been able to provide little visibility to the affect of the merger on the express operations. What we have seen is the merged company trying to get around Continental’s scope clause as it attempted to put 70-seat regional jets in Newark. While it received push back from pilots there, the company clearly made an end run around scope by using codeshare to put SkyWest’s CRJ 700s in Houston.
What is also clear is that regionals are the ones caught between the warring factions whether it be pilot scope or major carriers playing their regional partners off against each other. This makes for very uncertain times for the sector as they try to navigate their way to a profitable future. They are quickly becoming a flash point in the jockeying between majors as well as their pilots.
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What is also clear is that regionals are the ones caught between the warring factions whether it be pilot scope or major carriers playing their regional partners off against each other. This makes for very uncertain times for the sector as they try to navigate their way to a profitable future. They are quickly becoming a flash point in the jockeying between majors as well as their pilots.
http://www.centreforaviation.com/ne...onals-revealed-in-latest-earnings-calls/page1