Comments on: Is Republic Becoming the Next Independence Air? http://boardingarea.com/blogs/thingsinthesky/2009/06/30/is-republic-becoming-the-next-independence-air/ Dan Webb on Aviation Thu, 10 May 2012 05:25:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Allen http://boardingarea.com/blogs/thingsinthesky/2009/06/30/is-republic-becoming-the-next-independence-air/comment-page-1/#comment-1060 Allen Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:52:31 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/thingsinthesky/?p=1319#comment-1060 I'm with you guys, this isn't the same thing at all even at a high level. It'll be interesting to see how things pan out. If we're at a low point of demand right now they could be very well positioned for a recovery. Frontier's done a nice job of battling to recover while fighting with both UAL and SWA in Denver. That experience could be handy for Midwest at MKE. I’m with you guys, this isn’t the same thing at all even at a high level. It’ll be interesting to see how things pan out. If we’re at a low point of demand right now they could be very well positioned for a recovery. Frontier’s done a nice job of battling to recover while fighting with both UAL and SWA in Denver. That experience could be handy for Midwest at MKE.

]]> By: Cranky Flier http://boardingarea.com/blogs/thingsinthesky/2009/06/30/is-republic-becoming-the-next-independence-air/comment-page-1/#comment-1054 Cranky Flier Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:50:00 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/thingsinthesky/?p=1319#comment-1054 It is incredible to me how many times I see people compare things to the Independence model when, in fact, nobody has been that stupid. First, there were all the jokers who thought the ExpressJet model was similar to that of Independence. (It wasn't.) Now, we see them mistakenly saying the same thing about Republic. You do a good job of laying out many of the reasons why things are different, but there's one more piece. You talk about how the CRJ was a bad plane for Independence. It certainly was, but the even bigger problem was that they had too many of them. The multiple trips a day to Lansing (for example) should be a clue that they had absolutely no idea what to do with all those planes. Never has an airline squandered its worth as quickly as Independence did, and for that, the management team belongs in the Hall of Shame. While I have yet to figure out exactly what Republic is thinking, this is definitely not the same type of thing. It is incredible to me how many times I see people compare things to the Independence model when, in fact, nobody has been that stupid. First, there were all the jokers who thought the ExpressJet model was similar to that of Independence. (It wasn’t.) Now, we see them mistakenly saying the same thing about Republic.

You do a good job of laying out many of the reasons why things are different, but there’s one more piece. You talk about how the CRJ was a bad plane for Independence. It certainly was, but the even bigger problem was that they had too many of them. The multiple trips a day to Lansing (for example) should be a clue that they had absolutely no idea what to do with all those planes.

Never has an airline squandered its worth as quickly as Independence did, and for that, the management team belongs in the Hall of Shame. While I have yet to figure out exactly what Republic is thinking, this is definitely not the same type of thing.

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