Originally Posted by eaglefly

The only RJ's they've committed to are the 47 CRJ's. The others are still "under negotiation" under 1113(b), so they have NOT elected to keep all those aircraft.

More then likely, they need to find out how bad the APA is willing to cave on scope before they can sign replacement deals with Embraer for larger RJ's or with another manufacturer. Additionally, they first want ALPA to bend completely over BEFORE any new jets come their way and agree to fly them for ritz crackers or they'll dump all their jets. Confiriming more of the current fleets at either AA or AE simply gives labor more reason to resist deeper cuts and not walk so silently to the gas chamber.