Originally Posted by Bill Lumberg

The 76 seaters can grow in number regardless. They could get extra 76 seaters if the go over a certain number of mainline planes, which we are about 40 shy of now. Add 88 717s, then add 3 76 seaters for every plane over that limit. Now, it is true they would have to replace 70 seaters with those new 76 seaters, but then Delta would keep 50 seaters around that aren't profitable in high oil. Is that what you want? Keep the less efficient ones? There are 331 50 seaters still on the lease hook through 2015, and this TA brings that down to 125 50 seaters, and allows 102 70 seaters to cover some of those 50 seater routes, in hopes to make more profits on them.