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Originally Posted by JeremiahWeed
I'm not sure if all of you F9ers are aware of Bedford stating that your airline would be more profitable if half of the Airbuses were turned in and those same routes flown with 190's. This leads to an interesting predicament should you cave on scope. If you guys cave on scope, this does lend some credibility to his reason for wanting to keep the certs. seperate for training costs.
Have also heard some rumors that some of your pilots see some good in caving on scope. For the life of me, I can't see any good coming from it.
Good luck.
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When did BB say that? Is it possible that is just a rumor at Republic?
I just don't see how it could be cheaper to operate 190's instead of airbuses when all the airbuses are full ALL THE TIME in the markets Frontier currently serves. Cost per seat goes down as the size of the plane goes up. The only reason everyone isn't flying 747's around is because they can't fill them. Frontier is filling their planes and trying to trade the 319's and especially the 318's for 320's.
The rumor that we see good in caving on scope is false. I am not sure how the negotiations will come out, but I think all the pilots at Frontier know the importance of scope.