Originally Posted by Bill Lumberg

So, you want DCI to die? Okay, but not every city can handle a mainline plane. Do you want mainline to fly every size RJ to fit all routes? If so, how do we compete against the current cheap regionals?

The "sale" for the hard cap removal was funded with better overall scope, not cash. That's what you aren't understanding here. There were other parts to this that made it a good deal. Fewer RJs total, sooner. Caps on large turboprops. 717s that can come sooner to fill the capacity void as larger RJs fill in for smaller ones leaving. Then the ratio that favors mainline by a lot more. The pay raise is good for a 3 year duration also, it beat the current 4 year contract that we are still under.

Some people think they deserve restoration, or know there must be something they can leverage. I just can't see it, even the RJ mx cost. There may be other "plans" out there that none of us know about. But I do know one thing, the TA isn't that bad at all.