Seriously guys, don't we think the mainline fleet is going to > 790 if the 717 / MD90 / 737's arrive and the replacement of 757's is "leisurely" ? If so, management has their 76 seaters under current language. By 2015 management will certainly be on their way to getting those airplanes while retiring some of the oldest CRJ700's (which are not the Next Gen aircraft).

If not provided with contractual relief then I (and others) expect the CRj 200's to hang around until they hit their required heavy checks, which should come due about 10 to 12 years after they were placed in service. Some of those airplanes were still coming as late as 2006 / 2007 on orders placed in 2004.

My question is not whether this contract is everything I want. My question is whether this contract gets us closer to what we collectively want to achieve in the reduction of outsourcing.

Am I looking at this incorrectly?