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SkyWest exit from EAS a brilliant strategic move
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More and more, my thoughts on SkyWest's announcement to exit 29 EAS cities DBA United Express was a strategic play. SkyWest is receiving an average on $3M per EAS contract. A day before the announcement, they announced plans to start doing stopover service to consolidate routes, reducing the staff needed during a very legitimate pilot shortage. This plan is now in place, and it's working.

I would bet that United had a huge problem with this. Since the stopovers have begun, the United app is buggy, they don't have the infrastructure to handle anything beyond a hub and spoke model. Here's what I think happened.

SkyWest announced the 'pilot shortage' mitigation plan to begin consolidating routes, to include stopovers. United refused. SkyWest decided that, by "exiting" these cities, they would cause a stir with EAS. The DOT steps in.

I believe these 29 cities are perfectly safe. SkyWest has already made bids to consider service.. on their own routes. What seemed hasty at first, in my opinion is now.. brilliant.

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