SkyWest acquisition

[ClearRight]

Stomp our feet and scream "I want it, I want it, I want it!!!"

 

[Harlequin]

And exactly how is it that any group at skywest is going to DEMAND things?

So you imagine that the Pilots are going to say "Sure! We'll fly a 100 seater for nothing extra"..?

 

[lowecur]

So you imagine that the Pilots are going to say "Sure! We'll fly a 100 seater for nothing extra"..?

According to a previous thread, Skywest's contract is good till the 1st or 2nd Quarter of 2005, and the contract has a provision in it to fly up to 99 seats. Don't know what the rates are, but I can only assume it's may be same as the 70 seaters.

 

[Skyboss]

"there will be at least 500 turboprops parked in the desert"

That's about right. Boyd is forecasting a decline, but he forgets one thing. These planes are young and have a load of life and BBD and EMB are looking for more efficient versions to enter the market in 2015 or so. Then you might see some parking. Face it. Dickinson, ND or Gillette, WY can't support a 70 seater and no one is buying turboprops to stick there for 20 years.

 

[Russ]

"Face it. Dickinson, ND or Gillette, WY can't support a 70 seater and no one is buying turboprops to stick there for 20 years"

They stand a chance of simply losing air service. It happened to a number of towns out West. When SkyWest with its 30 seat Brasilias replaced Mesa's 19 seaters a number of towns that had service lost it overnght.