Originally Posted by
tsquare
I guess that is a true statement. They currently fly 50 seaters and 70/76 seaters... the 50s are going away, so I guess on average they WILL be flying larger airplanes. Since the 76 seaters are really 80s configured for 76, I don't think that is out of the question having them reconfigured for the 80 seats depending on the quid.. but anything larger just... ain't... happening.
And that attitude is why we are so deep in the mess we are in right now.
-"No turbojet aircraft... ...except for 50 seaters. We don't want to fly those anyway." DAL pilots 1991/CAL pilots 1993/AA pilots 1994
-"Nothing over 50 seats... ...unless it is the BAE-146." UAL pilots mid 1990s/NWA pilots 1997
-"70 Seaters will be ok because it means we get to protect our payrates and workrules." UAL pilots mid 2000s right before all that was lost anyway in Ch 11.
-"Nothing over 50 seats... ...unless they are flown by a startup company that employs some of our furloughed pilots using the former Independence Air certificate but not more than 76 seats and no more than 36 aircraft." NWA pilots late 2005
-"Nothing over 70 seats... ...unless we add one 757 to mainline for every three 76 seaters that are added to the regional side." DAL pilots late 2007 (before 36 aircraft mentioned in the previous bullet were added during the DAL/NWA merger exceeding the 1 for 3 agreement)
-"I don't think that is out of the question having them reconfigured for the 80 seats depending on the quid.. but anything larger just... ain't... happening." Unknown 767 Captain December 2011
When will it stop??? PLEASE DON'T CONTINUE DOWN THIS ROAD!
None of the above quotes are meant to be disrespectful. They are only meant to look back and remember history. Please learn from it and don't repeat it.
