Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
Delta decided to defer its small jet order ... .
What we will need to be careful about, if the doom & gloom economic prognostications come to pass, is a combination of concessionary bargaining, retirement driven hiring, and an RFP happening simultaneously.
Back channel static is that the small jet RFP failed on an inability to reach a deal with ALPA. ALPA sources internal and back channel all state that no negotiations took place what so ever and management never even brought up the subject. Thus far, ALPA's more credible than the "unofficial" sources.
A semi educated guess is that the C Series needs to go further along before anyone really can make a huge commitment for that airplane. The E-190 is not ideal either.
Spot on observation Bar. Put off the 100 seat order until next year in the midst of contract negotiations. And if your management, hopefully after UCAL wins a scope battle against it's pilots.
The one thing I find interesting is we're ordering 739s because they're just a 738 with more seating (not really but close enough).
So sure the E190 doesn't work here. Doesn't achieve whatever the goal is. But ironically we have a lot of E175s at Delta Con that are smaller than, I would presume, have higher CASMs than the E190. Why doesn't the same economies of scale work there?
Or does it? What doesn't work is E190s here and E175s there, right oh mighty one of the BTA data?