Originally Posted by
jsloan
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With the exception of the flights that SkyWest operates at risk, I suspect that UA has complete control over which flights go out and which don't for the Express carriers as well -- otherwise, you
wouldn't see the Express cancellation rates that you do. If Republic is making the decisions, they're not going to cancel their flight just so that UA can land one more larger plane.
That makes sense. I was wondering if United ever uses a slot for UAX flight over a mainline, due to looking at irrop recovery stats. A 319 with mostly OD passengers being more easily accommodated then an E175 with 90% transferring to TPAC, once-a-day destinations, etc.
The software they showed off was pretty cool. I can only imagine how sophisticated their tools are now.