Republic wanting to join Star Alliance

[StaySeated]

The "codeshare" arbitration award at YX has opened the floodgates.

Unfortunately, I fear Bedford has much bigger plans than just 190's.

Go back and read the swelblog 6/25 post regarding RAH. That author has pretty much nailed what is probably going to happen.

 

[Skywest Pylot]

I don't think Republic is going to be the only new domestic Star Alliance partner. This is how the legacy's will get around scope and farm out more flying. I hope ALPA has a plan.

Scott

What does SAPA have planned to address this?

 

[Captain X]

Damn...CAL got rid of their 737 fleet!?!?!?

Guess I get to take the rest of the year off.

 

[DOVPILOT]

No need to worry about if RAH will take down this dying industry, b/c Jesus is coming back soon. I hope and pray He does before my next 4 day, with a 2 leg commute and sleeping in the crew room.

 

[kommutrdog]

I'm losing track: Republic, ShuttleAmerica, ChickenTaco, Frontier and MidwestExpress.

How does "dispatch" keep track of who is flying what?

This sounds like a complete abortion in the making. How do the carriers maintain any "operational integrity" over their product? They don't.

The big winners in all this merger/acquisition/buyout circle jerk will be Southwest, Jet blue, Airtran, Continental, etc. When you don't have control and the employees couldn't give a sh*t less about what the name on the ticket says, passengers get treated like an afterthought and that does not build loyalty.

In 5 years "United" will be nothing but a website:

"Please pay now and you'll ride on an airline-to-be-named-later."

Gotta go. I'm gonna go see how easy it is to book a flight on Republic.com. Uhhh...nevermind. YOU CAN'T!