Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
Thank you. Bar's source is himself, DOT data and a calculator. Figure out the numbers and you know where management's looking. In any defense play, watch the eyes.
Don't get me started on 777-300's once we get our balance sheet fixed by flipping leases and capacity purchase contract modifications. I have not finished that homework yet.
Delta had nothing to lose by wording it that way. If we don't take the TA, Southwest gets to keep a plane they don't want, and that will cost them money if they just park them. If we did take it, then we get a cheap plane to replace planes passengers don't want to fly in places like LGA, which would love those 717s. Those planes are the perfect fit for that demographic. We all know the 50 seaters are cramped and old, and this TA gives Delta a way out and a cheap replacement in a bigger plane.