Originally Posted by
yyzAAguy
I can't. Therefore it must be an impossibility for a line without earn/burn partners to join an alliance.
The point isn't simply pedantic--for an airline to integrate into such a large number of partner systems with absolutely
no history of even the most basic or manual integration with other airline partners is without precedent. We're also talking about an airline that operates an all-turboprop fleet with a handful of large regional jets on order and a very limited route network, which leaves relatively little upside or potential benefit for the existing airlines of the alliance (which would also all be encumbering themselves with integration work if PD joined). You're welcome to hope and hope for PD to join an alliance, but I'm trying to bring a bit of realism and pragmatism to the subject. And since this is not on topic, I'll leave the subject at that.