Originally Posted by
dragon
What is the other shoe?
Does anyone really think the 717s were the perishable event that drove the company to the table? There is something else major out there and I only hope that the DALPA guys with the signed NDAs know what it is and that is maybe influencing their decision to push this TA to us.
Any ideas?
I still think it has to do with future consolidation in the industry, and how DAL will capitalize. But this nugget was in the latest NN....
The Company’s desire to accelerate the reduction of the number of 50-seat aircraft lies far beyond their ability to do so*under its present contracts with their DCI carriers and aircraft manufacturers;
these restrictions provided the basis for the MEC’s decision to engage in expedited negotiations.*