Originally Posted by finis72

The company will only purchase 717's if this TA passes. They have a plan B and have been looking at 319's coming off leases and have already identified the 30 or so they need.

The company doesn't have to park the 50 seaters, they want to but they don't have to. DL will make huge profits with the 50 seater this year and next. Have you seen the price of oil lately? DL will also use the $400 mil cost of this TA to overhaul and renegotiate the DCI contracts.

Please connect the dots guys. This isn't a great deal but it is a good deal and if we turn it down we will be in section 6 under the NMB. This isn't a fear tactic, it's reality spawned by knowing people involved in the decision making process at DL. If it passes hiring is going to crank up in the 1st quarter, if it doesn't they will re-evaluate based on the economy. Not a fear tactic just the truth.

On the 76 seater: we gave that up 3 contracts or so ago (shame on us) and they will never come back to mainline. Our best hope is to limit the number of jets flying DCI and there by limiting the number of outsourced jobs. This TA does that.