Originally Posted by
Bigshooter107
People seem to assume that a two for one swap, 200s for one 900 will happen at one company. There is no reason that delta, xjet, bombardier could not negotiate a deal that takes 2-50s from pinnacle( bankruptcy) and hand xjet a 900. Me thinks the bigger pitcure has to do with delta being on the hook for 2 billion plus in MX costs, engines etc...
As far as the contract goes, yes the company needs to know there costs to bid new flying but they have great lawyers and can figure those costs out without an agreement . There is only so much money in the pot for a new contract and that is what numbers they will use. Or just walk away and give the finger to alpa and move forward with plan B.
The crj 700/900 in Atl is way fat on captains and there is a reason, probably because of an RFP for Atl pinnacle 900 flying?
Why would they take planes from Pinnacle, who is going to emerge as a really cheap operator post-bankruptcy (after all, Delta kept them from going out of business for a reason) and give them to xjet, who will probably be more expensive?
That being said, I hope that's exactly what happens. I hope it works out great for the new Expressjet on both sides and everyone's happy. I'm just not sure at this point.