Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
That is my understanding of the 76 seat clause. The mainline fleet has to get back above 767 airplanes and is tied to the 76 seat purchase.
That article is what we call in the security business a clue. I think we are some 40 airplanes away from it now. Call it 45. Then its 3:1. 33 airplanes at 3:1=99 76 seaters. That is under the current contract. The we park the dc-9s because we have the 717s. That's 32 aircraft subtracted from mainline and 0 subtracted from DCI.
I am not selling anything, and I am not buying anything. Section 1 is a HUGE noose around our necks--kinda like the national debt. Sooner or later, if we want out of the hole, we gotta pay the piper.
I am trying to talk myself out of a slam dunk no