Originally Posted by
gloopy
So the question remains, how much (if any) net mainline growth is this slot swap?
Here you go:
Based on the 2012 hours and Delta’s continued strategy to win in New York, we will open a NYC 320 Captain and NYC 320 F/O category with this bid. These categories will be funded by closing the MEM 320 categories. We will surplus 73 MEM 320 A positions and 85 MEM 320 B positions. However, we will post 53 NYC 320 A vacancies, 54 NYC 320 B vacancies, 19 ATL 320 A vacancies and 25 ATL 320 B vacancies.... in order to balance Captains and F/O’s in some of the 73N categories, we will have a total of 20 73N Captain vacancies. There will be 5 LAX 73N A, 10 NYC 73N A and 5 SLC 73N A vacancies.
Looking at the MD90, between January 2012 and December 2012 the plan is to increase the fleet from 29 to 49 aircraft in service. As a result of that increase, and in order to balance the Captain and F/O positions in some of the bases, we will have 5 ATL M88 A, 20 MSP M88 A and 32 NYC M88 B vacancies.
On the surplus side, ... .
As for the rest, I don't see a whole lot of difference between us and Comair. We are run by the same people, represented by the same outfit, running out an aging fleet and shrinking while our partners take our flying. I expect our outcome to be better, but we share a lot of common threats.