Originally Posted by
PropNWA
There's plenty to complain about in this deal but the snapshot and ratios is not one of them. Clearly, some people don't understand what a ratio is. If the company did decide to park a bunch of mainline aircraft prior to the first snapshot, it would only increase the number of DCI aircraft that would have to be parked to be in compliance with the ratio...
Loophole ALERT:
What prevents Delta from flying the pants off the new 900s, going out of compliance for 18 months, then parking dozens of worn-out 50s in 2014 to get back in compliance? Who determines which aircraft get parked? Who determines which regional gets parked?
If the TA measures block hours instead of RASM, remember that one block hour in a 50 = one block hour in a EMB175/CRJ900.
Does the TA say DCI must park some ratio of 50s to 90s?