Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
... and it is perhaps more complex than that. There is some fear that if ALPA brought the 76 seater to mainline for competitive pay that it would cannibalize MD90/737/757 flying. Part of the reasoning for keeping it off the property was to limit its numbers.
I don't buy this. NWA had tons of dc-9s which are/were the same size as the current rj's. Those old fashioned mainline Douglas rj's did not limit NWA's larger aircraft flying. If anything it supplied mainline pay and customer service which helped increase the number of larger aircraft at Northwest. Bring the rj's here, I'll fly 'em!