Originally Posted by
LarryJ
That wouldn't matter. UAL controls the airplanes. They will consolidate airplanes with the surviving carrier to achieve the fleet size that they want. The rest will be parked.
Yes, and probably a lot more airplanes parked (and jobs lost) than will move from one subsidiary to the other. The economics of unsubsidized 50-seat markets are probably of no interest to the majors, and the aging ERJ/CRJ fleet is only becoming more costly to maintain. By the same token, the "schedule depth" the 50-seaters provided in larger markets is of little consequence now with dramatically reduced business travel.
Rough days ahead... this industry has always been cyclical, and anyone who thought lean years wouldn't come back at some point is ignoring history, but something like this would have been unfathomable just a few months ago.