Originally Posted by
DogWhisperer
Early last year, had a former senior member of flight ops on the jumps seat and asked him if Delta was looking at the CS Series....he stated that they had looked it over pretty hard and that they had been in the cockpit (not sure if it was the cockpit mockup or what) and that it was definitely an interesting aircraft. Flash forward about a month later during a Steve Dickson road show and I asked him if Delta was looking at the CS Series.....he looked around and stated that he wasn't familiar with the aircraft. I believe Delta has been watching this airframe for some time. It would be a perfect replacement for the 717 and older 88 (CS 100, 300, 500) all same type....CS 100 sold as replacement for future "uneconomical 76 seaters" in 2015....CS 100 allowed to go to DCI and then bye-bye narrow body fleet....I hope that I am wrong on this second part... Just another black helicopter moment....
Time will tell, but the timing of it all is interesting.
The 717's; like a few other airframes will need to have replacement/ or extension plans in place in the next 3-7 years.
The 717/76 seat aircraft swap allows the C-Series debate to occur later, and as Slow pointed out, after AMR's contract is done. It means that the "line in the sand" can and will be debated again.