Originally Posted by
tsquare
The paranoia about the RJs is just silly. The TA recaptures mainline flying. Period. The 717s must come online before the RJs can... the percentages of mainline flying relative to DCI increase with every set of 10 RJs that are allowed. That is a CLEAR win. The 76s are gone never to return. Since we are recapturing the block hours that DCI once flew, it is a win. Percentages of hourly flying are what create jobs.. not how many baby airplanes DCI has...
Per the road show video on "Scope", the current mainline jet count is 707 and is down from the base count of 767 mainline jets at the time of the merger. In my opinion, we are allowing more 70 + seat RJ's in exchange for replacing jets that have already been parked. Once the current DC-9's are parked and added to the 60 jets that we are down right now I'll bet you get really close to 88 if not more.
This is a very dangerous road to go down. If the trend of giving away Scope for management simply replacing our fleet continues we are cutting our own throats. That business model cannot continue for DALPA.
I do realize that there are Scope gains in this TA. Giving away more 70 + seat RJ's was one of my parameters for a NO vote before we saw the TA. I also think the ALV increase stinks. ALV increase = less pilots needed. If we needed the International folks to have a higher ALV then the language should of stated that "International ALV will increase".
If one doesn't mind more 70 + seat RJ's and fewer pilots required then vote yes.