Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Your assuming a lot with those numbers. The 50 seater is not dead. If the company puts the engine money into those aircraft there might extend those leases. My understanding is that 311 of the airframes are tied up until 2020. So overnight they are going to dump 200 airframes with no replacement. Not likely. Its far more likely that a lot of those aircraft would be replaced or released.
True, but instead of trading (assumed) CRj900's for swapping out the leases, is plan B the C Series?
Obviously, fleet renewal COULD be accomplished using more mainline airplanes and more mainline pilots than the TA provides for.
Too much information is being held back for anyone to truly make an intelligent decision.