Originally Posted by
RgrMurdock
I really hope that you guys do try to take it back. But with the AA bankruptcy, things will be headed in the other direction. 70 seat scope there will be blown wide open and 90 seats most likely will be as well. Then delta is going to try to talk all about scope parity. I'm not saying it won't happen but I'm saying it will be a hell of an uphill battle. Guys will probably have to give up some pay, work rules, etc. to take it back and I hope there's a lot more than just a few people out there willing to do it. Best of luck.
My point is that instead of hopelessly chasing larger and larger RJ's, AA MAY be about to pole-vault over that and go straight to the regional scale mainline-sized Airbus (A319Neo) or Boeing (737Max) and reap the reward of an additional 30-50 seats of revenue with almost all of it being pure profit over that of the typical mixed-class 90-seater at 76-82 seats.
That dynamic could change the entire domestic landscape.