Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
My guess is that they have no replacements in line right now. We need a 100 seater. It could mean that the 717 is not dead, but a little farther out, and or the C-Series needs to go in to production for DAL to commit. Either one of them or a combination of them may be the option, but to park all of the 9's would put that proverbial hole in our route network that we have been talking about. Ergo, they stay until a true replacement is in sight. The 90 will be used other places, and they know that.
I'm nearly convinced management is kicking the can down the road until they are sure who will operate the 100 seat jets (configured for 86 seats at American?) We will see.
Although we are making money, management appears convinced (by their network decisions) that we are in counter trend rally.