Some airlines do these things already. (except the prop bit.) I always got the impression that Delta would almost force three segment trips on many routes. You wouldn't fly to Atlanta and connect to where you were going, you'd fly to Salt Lake, take a SLC->ATL flight and then on to your final destination from ATL. As you'd expect SLC-ATL is dominated by 767-300s and the like. But United's hubs are different (and I think AAs), United flies the odd 777 between ORD and DEN, but they have 319s/320s on the same route. From an ORD perspective, DEN is a spoke and visa-versa. United has the cost-efficient 319/320s that make it possible, and AA has the MD80/737 combo, that make serving SEA from the IAD hub a reality. My opinion, for what's worth. On Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at 08:52 AM, clay.wardlow@xxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi Jim, > > Very interesting. So walk me though this... > > Flights to/from smaller cities using non-jet planes, then for non-hub > cities using RJs. > > Using AA for example: to/from SGF on Eagle using Saab, flights to/from > DEN using Eagle RJs, flights between MIA - SFO using American Airlines > 757/767? > > Thanks! > Clay - SEA > > -----Original Message----- > From: WaterskiPilot@xxxxxxx [mailto:WaterskiPilot@xxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 7:02 PM > Subject: Re: Won't Get Fooled Again? > > > A wise friend of mine said "Never burn your bridges in aviation, your > First > Officer from yesterday might be your Chief Pilot tomorrow." You have > management, you have labor. Even Don Carty has said (I have to > paraphrase): > "Management's greatest sin is to say it's all labor's fault." > > What I see will happen is a turnover. The "major" carriers will > become like > PA and TW of yesteryear, long haul/Int'l; today's "jet regionals" will > be the > domestics, running semi point to point ops with small hubs at certain > airports; the "non-jet regionals" will be feeding the old "jet > regionals"; > and a new group will pop up to fill in as the "non-jets" move into > larger > equipment and markets. In 20 years, we will do it again, as each > company > becomes, in turn, too large and unwieldy to stay out of bankruptcy and > stay > solvent. > > What all this means to us (meaning labor) is that we will make gains > until > the market or management cannot bear it, then things will cave in and > a bunch > of us will get an express ride to the bottom of the aviation feeding > chain to > start over again. > > Jim Hann > Waterski J-41 Captain > Lambert-St. Louis Airport (STL/KSTL) >