“I think the Regional role is redefining itself. We are being asked to fly farther with bigger capacity planes and we are being asked to find appropriate financing for those planes. We are being asked to make capital investments. We are emerging as a way to provide value-added service for our partners as opposed to flying small airplanes from point A to point B.”
“The network airlines' scope limitations don't just affect the network guys, they affect the Regional partners in ways ordinary people might not understand.”
“We weren't a party to that labor agreement. [American] had a choice: They could breach their labor agreement or breach our deal. We needed to give them a third choice, which was a way to make both parties happy.”
