Midatlantic's Future

[luvn737s]

Southwest looks at city pairs differently. What appears to be point-to-point (DAL-OKC-PHX-SMF) is actually split up long hauls. They find X number of passengers who want to go from DAL to SMF then a certain number from OKC to SMF and PHX-SMF, and likewise with those travelling from OKC to PHX and DAL to PHX. To do this they need an aircraft that has the flexibility to carry large loads betweeen any of these cities and small enough to run a few light loads without losing their shirt. An RJ can't offer that flexibility. If US wants to go point-to-point they better be able to offer enough seats to bring in the cash flow or they'll never be able to get their strategy out of first gear. Also, the RJ's are too expensive for what they are. There are no fixed costs that scale down to the RJ level.

A successful strategy depends on finding out what the traveling public wants and being able to supply large amounts of it. The RJ strategy is more like a cell phone rate plan. Give you a little jet and then convince you that you need a little more and a little more. And how many people are satisfied with their cell phone plans?

 

[javaboy]

SWA a/c ussage:
cities served: 60 (yep that's all)
a/c used: 400

that is their business model

 

[javaboy]

no usairways = no subsidiaries

think someone in say lax going to call up (who) to book flight between say lax pit alb?
mesa has other contracts to shift work to as does some other commuters , but wholly owns are in same boat as mainline

 

[Light Years]

MDA is not a wholly-owned, its simply a part of US Airways with different contracts.

Piedmont and PSA are subsidiaries of US Airways Group, in that they are seperate airlines with thier own seperate certificate, management and work groups. They could be sold off as living breathing airlines. MDA could not as it is just a part of the mainline airline. MidAtlantic is nothing but a fancy name for a division...

It was originally to be a wholly owned called MidAtlantic Airways, but they instead put the EMBs on the mainline certificate.

 

[javaboy]

and where does MDA's $$ come from? who paid for the planes? how do mda's pax book a fight? who's facilities on the ground doe
mda use?

no usairways=no mda

 

[Light Years]

and where does MDA's $$ come from? who paid for the planes? how do mda's pax book a fight? who's facilities on the ground doe
mda use?

no usairways=no mda

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Um, hello? :blink:

Do you read before you post?

MDA IS USAIRWAYS. There is no MDA. Its just US Airways ordering new planes and recalling workers to staff them at Express wages. Being that its one and the same, it uses its OWN (US Airways) facilties, reservations etc.

So, yeah, duh, no US Airways equals no MDA since its THE SAME THING. They are not a contract carrier or even a seperate subsidiary of the group.

You have the point, but you still seem to think that theres an entity, a company called MidAtlantic... just as there was no MetroJet and there is no longer a company called US Airways Shuttle.

Piedmont and PSA could be bought by Mesa tomorrow from US Group and redeployed in someone elses system. MDA could not because they are not even seperate from the mainline US Airways. MDA employees are still mainline employees, the planes are on the mainline certificate, so they get the same fate as the rest of mainline.

 

[WSurf]

Yes you are right! I believe on the side of the A/C's it says MidAtlantic Airlines Operated by US Airways!
Even with at I have heard that MidAtlantic gets its PayChecks done by SSO (PSA and PDT use this too) and I heard that MDA people are put into the same Insurance providers as PDT, and were givin PDT employee numbers. I believe that even with it operated by US Airways, there are still strong ties to the WO's.