Originally Posted by
volav8r1
I would love to see this happen. We just need to be careful to build rock solid language into the contract about CERTIFIED seats. Republic has this in their contract, however; management has shrewdly pulled 1 seat out of the 190's to make it a 99 seat jet, thus paying the pilots the lower rate to fly the same plane.
When the TA comes out we can set up APCF committees to review.
It's a bit of making sausage in public though.
Originally Posted by
georgetg
Amen!
BTW we will never see the C-Series...
It's just too expensive for what it does.
At about 22M (with the 50% discount) the C-Series is way to capital intensive per seat to fit with the fleet plan.
Used MD90s are running about 10M all in with the mods for 160 seats. Why would Delta buy airplanes that are twice as expensive and carry fewer people. With fewer seats all the fuel efficiencies of the new technology fuselage and GTF are soaked up.
The real 120 seater DC-9 replacement is already in service and is available for a discount in the used markets, it's called a 717...
With a first class we can make it work, without firts I'm afraid its way to costly/seat for a "discount" carrier...
Oh, and the airline with the flower on the tail just got 3 more 717 from Boeing.
FWIW Boeing has already stated they will not bid on our RFP...
Cheers
George
Remember when Boeing used to try?
Maybe SWA/DAL have a deal in the works for 2013? Not to offend an AAI guys, I think if that was the case by that time most on the 717 will transition right over to the 737 and the F word would never be mentioned.
But if DAL wants DC9 replacements then really the only legitimate replacement is a DC9. Not the 318. Nobody wants it. And 737-700 seems like a lot of bang for the buck but it's a lot of bucks it seems for the bang, if that makes any sense.
Let me clarify all this banging for bucks, it's a hell of a 137 seat jet, can do a lot, great for some of our Latin American flying and such, but it's probably right now a lot of money for a 137 seater, no?