Originally Posted by
slowplay
I guess you don't like your regionals to be regional, you'd rather them do ATL-BZN and MSP-YVR....
This deal is going to take mainline's share of domestic block hours from 54% to a minimum of 61%. If management executes on the business plan the share will actually be 64% mainline to DCI's 36%.
Oh, I suspect you'll see some of the city pairs you mentioned on a small narrowbody aircraft. Look at the historical ATL-DC9 bid packages for some more routes we may see come to the mainline. NewYork LGA is also a place ripe for upgauging, as it is slot constrained.
Did anybody notice the all-mainline LGA growth announcement on Monday...maybe that slot swap was good for us after all.
Those city pairs were just examples that come off the top of my head. I am sure there are many others. Like I said before, I don't care what the plan is that management says they plan to implement, I want to know absolutes. Optimism is fine, but there is no place for it here. This is our livelihood at stake. Oh, and isn't the DC-9 already a mainline aircraft? Why would I want to look at that to see routes that "may come to mainline"? Aren't the already here??
Well, upgaging is all relative isn't it. Since a bunch of that LGA flying is on 50 seaters, we are giving that to the 76 seaters... next.. That being said, I never thought the slot swap would be any boon to mainline, but any improvement there is good. It is going to take a long time to make it really fruitful for us though... especially with all those 76 seaters going to DCI..