Originally Posted by
forgot to bid
Another issue here, and call me cynical, but the block hour ratio seems like a pinky promise for now. Just like the 325 cap and the 255 "final last time this is all we need" cap before it.
Once they acquire the airplanes they can come back and seek relief on the block hour ratio not working and making those planes unprofitable. If we've got a hole in C2012, we might exchange block hour ratio to fix that other hole.
But if they never had the jets in the first place then they never had the jets.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THIS. When in the last, oh lets just say since DEREGULATION, have we had to negotiate a concessionary contract?? (quite often unfortunately) The NEXT economic downturn the company WILL have the RJ's they need to provide lift and they'll have us giving up our "ratios". As Justin Wilson would say "I guaaaaaaaaraaaaanteee"