Continental and United are planning to merge. This could be ugly for regionals.
The following regionals fly for Continental:
Expressjet (the largest)
Colgan
Gulfstream International
CommutAir
Cape Air
The following regionals fly for United:
Skywest (the largest)
Expressjet
ASA
Republic
GoJet
Mesa
Trans-States
Colgan
That's a lot of regionals. United has far more regionals than Continental. Once they merge there could be a shake down and whipshawing. I also suspect bases/domiciles to be closed/adjusted (up or down). When Delta and Northwest merged regionals were moved around quite a bit. Continental and United don't have major bases close to each other...well Cleveland and Chicago. Hmmm...it will be interesting.
And don't forget the differences in scope clauses for each pilot union (particularly Continental's pilots.)
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