See if all "fleeting opportunity" nonsense was real, the company, even if they wanted more 76ers to facilitate dumping 50's faster, should have no problem agreeing to something like this.

But they won't.

Its contract time and so to them, in good times and in bad, that automatically means more large RJ's. Permanently. Moustaches and donuts aside, DALPA has been habitually predisposed to partner with them to make their massive DC-9-10 replacement fleet a reality.

If this is really about some time sensitive opportunity, the company should have no problem agreeing to a drawdawn far beleath 255 70+ seaters in a few years, even if they claim to "need" them today. If none of the ACMI low bidders will agree to it, start a cleen sheet one with the bonus of zero longevity. But either way those are 100% our jobs and they should go to our pilots, especially if it helps the company out of a jam. Then again we could just operate them at mainline with a B scale if necessary. B scales suck, but they are infinitely better than outsourcing.

Yet neither will be part of the upcoming POS TA. Permamant additional 76 seaters to the underbidders with BS protections" like no furlough laguage and stupid mainline ratios and promised growth is all they will offer. And we will at the bery least come very close to falling for that yet again it seems.