Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp

We have payrates at DL for the 900s, and the CA rates are quite in line with what the actual pilots flying 900s at the regionals make. The FOs make more, management wants the whipsaw, and management wants a way out of the leases.

I don't have a problem with the theory, I have a problem with the sheer amount of additional jumbo RJs we are allowing in, and the amount of 70's and 50's allowed to remain. This TA doesn't rid us of 50s, either. It puts us about 5 years ahead on the count, and provides more 70's than would be around in 2015 to remain. (98 are committed to through 2015.. why not make that the cap?... don't forget that only 144 76 seaters are committed to through 2015)

Oh, and let me know how many year 7 Comair captains there are...

Speaking of capped. Wasn't 255 a cap? Hasn't that now been revisited? Or were you sucked in by the all caps "HARD CAP" from the bullet points? We're changing one cap for another cap.