Originally Posted by
mynameisjim
I don't think Delta hired because of the large RJs, I think it was mostly the early retirements plus Delta smart plan of buying older, used airplanes in the down turn. United outsources the same plane types and range, just with different seating, so I doubt it is the answer.
I'm not disagreeing with your premise, but the original poster said "bring back jobs to mainline and your advancement will be much quicker." I provided examples of airlines that have those jobs at their mainline...and at each one they had furloughs and no advancement.
Yes, the early retirement program helped, but we didn't retire as many as we hired that year.