Originally Posted by gettinbumped

You CAN bring the 76 flying back to mainline. Simply don't vote yes on any contract that doesn't include it. Personally, I will vote NO on any contract that doesn't bring 70 seaters back to mainline, or see them all parked. I'm confident the majority of my colleagues feel the same.

As a point of interest, back in the 90's when we voted to allow the 50 seaters to go to the regionals, it wasn't as simplistic as just "not wanting to be bothered" with small jets. I remember the meeting well. Our (moron) Master Chairman at the time presented us with the following: We could either order a bunch of 777's for expansion, or a bunch of 50 seaters, but we wouldn't get both. The money simply wasn't there. Well, we chose the 777's. How many 777's did we order since that meeting? 0. We were totally scammed. Hindsight being 20/20, we made a bad choice.