Originally Posted by
Tomcat
The 76 seat jet came in under Moak. I had him on my jumpseat discussing this very issue just weeks before the camel came into the tent. He was adamant regarding our subcontractors not flying anything over 70 seats.
Personally, I'm flexible on many issues regarding C2012 and will look at the bigger picture when reviewing the TA, but any slippage in scope is a non-starter.
Your statement is partially correct. Malone allowed the EMB170/175 at DCI. Malone raised the weight limit in LOA 46. Prior to that the jet was in excess of the weight limit. Moak allowed them to put 6 more seats in the jets during the 1113 process. They were already on the property flying for DCI before Moak even became the MEC chairman. Once before the court it was highly unlikely that they would have restricted the seats in those aircraft. We lost the battle in LOA 46. I personally spoke with Malone about the gross weight increase and what a huge mistake it would be. He insisted it was needed and that we could not economically fly that jet at the mainline. Now he is in the running to lead DPA. Perhaps he feels bad and wants to fix the biggest scope mistake ever made at Delta.