Originally Posted by
tsquare
Why do you continually refuse to see that the number of 76 seaters without the TA can.. and probably will be.. higher than with the TA? While it is true that the 70s would disappear under current contract, the number of 50s does not have to shrink by one... single... airframe. Are you really willing to wait until 2024 for those leases to go away? Really?
It's YOUR captain seat that you are delaying with this line of reasoning...
Have you not seen how many 50 seaters are being parked by Comair? We did not have to give them anything to park them. Many more will continue to be parked. You keep throwing out 2024. How many are under lease until then? I will point out one thing. Our current scope sucks...plain and simple. I am not voting to keep our current contract. I want the ability to get more 76 seaters eliminated period. Neither our current contract nor this TA have enough restrictions on large RJs. When the next contract time rolls around in 2015, do you give them another 70 large RJs to park the rest of the 50s?? Then the DCI will be completely larger RJs. Holy crap. You just replaced their least competitive airplane with a full fleet of new highly competive equipment ready to fly anywhere our domestic fleet goes. Congrats...outsoucrcing will advance up to the next level.