Originally Posted by
buzzpat
No Sink, I'm not kidding. And, once again, I get it. What I am saying is that bringing smaller jets to the company is fine. It certainly behooves the junior guys. I'm not opposed to it, I actually applaud it. HOWEVER, if anybody thinks that it means we are thriving is sorely mistaken. We are a huge international airline. We pride ourselves on being the best pilots in the industry. And, in my opinion, we are. The company can't grow and WE can't grow if we don't aspire to build our WB fleet. I saw an Aeroflot 777 take off from LA last night on its way to Moscow. Do you know how many 777s we have? Frikkin Aeroflot? Which we now code share by the way. We are quickly becoming a ticket brokering regional carrier. Not what I have in mind.
How many 777's, 744's, 787's do our direct competitors have or on order? We are going not going to be a major player in the intl market with a smattering of the above, and the 7ER as our major WB fleet. Locking up JV's is as crucial as stemming NB bleed with the 3:1 76 seat no rollback over 767 mainline. We are vulnerable from both ends of section 1.