Originally Posted by
sailingfun
There is a special MEC meeting on 18 Apr. Delta of course does not need DALPA's permission to purchase or sell aircraft or even merge with the likely suspects so it may be just a update on negotiations. Still the company has been very good the last few years about giving the MEC a heads up on their plans.
From talking to three different reps, the evidence is pointing to the "opportunity" being a large influx of ~115 seat aircraft. We are being asked to facilitate this by raising the 76 seat aircraft limit by 35 to 50 aircraft.
I asked each rep how they would vote if that is what happens. One said he'd vote NO, period. The other two said they would only vote YES if there was iron clad language that forced the company to remove those new RJ's, if mainline aircraft decreased.
Like I've said earlier, the bottom half of the list is more important than ever before.
Carl