Originally Posted by
johnso29
No they could not have. Delta owns the jets. Had 9e liquidated, Delta would still be obligated to pay the leases. Then they would be paying for parked airplanes.
Delta could have traded them 2:1 for the larger RJ's like they are going to do anyway. Except, we could have operated them at mainline. Do you really think Delta is going to keep these CRJ200's around until 2022?