Originally Posted by
tsquare
Exactly right. But somehow I gather you would rather they pump and dump MORE without any of the protections of the 1.56 BHL.. Right now the ratio is 1.19. They can dump right back to that, and for some silly reason I do not see that as a better option. I would love for you to convince me that it is a better option to allow that.
Of course the part that seemingly ALWAYS gets left out in these discussions is the decline of the 218 50 seaters that will accompany this. At least you admitted there would be an additional NB aircraft on mainline.. And *sigh* again... if you would rather wait another 12 years to get rid of the 50s.. by all means vote no.
If they wanted higher support, they should have increased the block hour protection higher to what is "planned" instead of allowing such a huge flex down capability in it.
The 50 seater count that will be parked as a result of the TA (hopefully) is 190, not 218. Also, all that does is put us 5 years ahead of current projections, not 12.
Check your math and your data.