Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
What many are not going to see because it was not in a sound bite is this: DAL will be pulling more and more RJ lift out of other hubs like ATL in favor of mainline aircraft. Those 50 seat RJ's that were in ATL are going to go to MEM and those jets that were in MEM will be performing flying in LGA. It is not a a simple addition of mainline flying in LGA that we will see. It is the effect on the other hubs that we will need to take note of.
Originally Posted by
tim123
Aren't you assuming that for that to be true the # of rj's remaining the same?Didn't the company recently sign a new agreement with gojet?So I think thus new rj expansion could be funded with the new influx of gojet aircraft and no effect on the other hubs that you mentioned.With respect to the erj questions of who operates them,asa/expressjet,chautauqua,and wasn't the gojet announcement for erj's or not?
What many are forgetting is what DALPA keeps telling us when we park aircraft - "We can incease the aircraft utilization rate."
Yeah, well
DAL can and will increase the utilization rate on RJs (no block hour limit). So all this hope of mainline picking up RJ pulldowns elsewhere is just wishful thinking. DALPA once again carries managements water. Adding insult to injury DALPA gets the Pilots to participate in a Call To Action.
I have been hearing that we will use RJs to grow markets for mainline since 2000 - has not happend yet.
On the bright side at the rate we are shrinking the DPA will have majority a lot sooner.
Scoop