Originally Posted by
forgot to bid
So we are going to get 88 717s seating 117 passengers and order 80-100 EMB-195s seating 106 passengers plus expand to 300+ 70-76 seat aircraft?
Even if this cockeyed rumor was made by RA and placed on youtube, I wouldn't care. Put it in writing.
They did put it in writing. If the company does not expand the mainline they not only can't add a single 76 seat aircraft they have to reduce the total RJ fleet to 455 aircraft from the current total of 650 plus and they have to reduce the 70 to 76 seaters from 255 to 223 and they don't gain a single 76 seat airframe. The above reductions apply even if they do grow the mainline however they can then access additional 76 seaters within the 223 cap.