Originally Posted by
magnus0322
That's why DL management wants 70 new 76 seaters, they'll use that to break the leases on the 50 seaters. With Pinnacle now at the mercy of Mama Delta, it wouldn't surprise me if Pinnacle got 30-40 of those new 76 seaters in exchange for 3-4 50 seaters gone. What would Pinnacle do? Say no?
If Deta does this deal BBD will want the newest possible 200s back to have somewhat of a chance to resell them ( 9E's) . That is why Delta wants complete control over 9E, 9E will not argue with what Delta tells them will happen. We have already seen this.