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07-31-2017, 10:27 AM
#51
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Yes, but if Skywest takes delivery of the jets, and Delta\United is forced to cancel their contract, you get the entire company, with the jets for pennies on the dollar. Given how desperate Mitsubishi is right now, you would get an even steeper discount. The synergies, savings, and profit potential would far surpass any pay differences between regional, and mainline.
07-31-2017, 10:33 AM
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Or we can just operate them at the mainline. I suspect management would much prefer that given the choice because they could continue to outsource the aircraft under 86,000 lbs and bring all the pilots needed to fly them in at first year pay.
07-31-2017, 10:54 AM
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07-31-2017, 11:21 AM
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Yes, but if Skywest takes delivery of the jets, and Delta\United is forced to cancel their contract, you get the entire company, with the jets for pennies on the dollar. Given how desperate Mitsubishi is right now, you would get an even steeper discount. The synergies, savings, and profit potential would far surpass any pay differences between regional, and mainline.
They pay difference issue would be the same either way if the end result was a given fleet at mainline in either case.
There will never, ever, be a "merger" with a regional.
07-31-2017, 06:14 PM
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Since there's no way a staple could be guaranteed until its too late, its not going to happen.
I get why its tempting to fantasize about it though. File a policy initiation date, you never know.
08-02-2017, 02:36 PM
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Actually, it makes tons of sense. Amazon is not a hub and spoke carrier delivery system a la Fed Ex and UPS. They might just be more of a point to point type carrier (if you will). If you have frequency in a given market -whatever that market is- you can beat Fed Ex. FDX gives you a couple opportunities each day to get packages from point A to B. With multiple flights, you have multiple opportunities. And the best part is that you don't need 747-800s to do it. I think that is their Achillies' heel. If I were running DAL I would give it a shot. jmho, ymmv
08-02-2017, 02:59 PM
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Actually, it makes tons of sense. Amazon is not a hub and spoke carrier delivery system a la Fed Ex and UPS. They might just be more of a point to point type carrier (if you will). If you have frequency in a given market -whatever that market is- you can beat Fed Ex. FDX gives you a couple opportunities each day to get packages from point A to B. With multiple flights, you have multiple opportunities. And the best part is that you don't need 747-800s to do it. I think that is their Achillies' heel. If I were running DAL I would give it a shot. jmho, ymmv
08-02-2017, 03:42 PM
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Your understanding of FedEx/UPS is incorrect. Both companies collect your package up until an evening cutoff time. They then send the packages to a hub to sort and send back out to the delivery city by 5am. Depending on how much you paid, the package gets put on the early morning, mid morning, early afternoon, or late afternoon delivery truck. Having an extra flight would do nothing more than add volume on the route, small planes would not decrease delivery times.
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