Originally Posted by
vprMatrix
While is is cheaper to outsource it is not too expensive to in-source the 76 seat aircraft. If for some reason we ever outsourced the a320 flying it also we become to expensive for us to do as DCI would easily undercut us by 33% on it as well.
Exactly. A plane does
not have to be cheapest to operate at mainline in order to make it work at mainline. Every plane is cheaper at the cut throat bottom feeding labor busters than at mainline. That doesn't mean anything for a 90 seat "RJ" or a 300 seat 777.