Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
Just so you guys know. 70 large regional jets is enough to put a plane at just about every gate in the "A" concourse of DTW. It is two more Compass's. How many DC-9/737-200's did Delta and Northwest have combined? The entire Northwest mainline fleet at the time of the merger was at 320 airplanes. We are going to allow 325 large regional jets. This number is huge. This agreement will probably get me off of reserve. I will not get a pay raise as I will have to bid the 717 to get off of reserve. This TA is a huge step towards us being an 8000 pilot airline in 10 years.
I am with you, 44.
The 50 seaters are going out on their own and I am not ok with even 10 more large RJ's. If they are so good for Delta they can be flown by Delta pilots and yes Delta can afford to pay more for flying them, then Mesa.
That is what I said numerous times to my reps and was told that they heard the message loud and clear.
By the way, next month we will cross into less than 12000 pilots territory..