Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
The TA allows the gain of 76 seaters without growing mainline, only the delivery of SNB aircraft.
Our current contract requires at least 40 aircraft to be brought to mainline before a 70 seater can be parked to bring a 76 seater on line.
Are you really trying to imply that if the TA passes the company will take on a multi-billion dollar acquisition/lease of 88 new SNB aircraft and then immediately park them, all so that they can keep 70 70 seat RJ's when they expand the 76 seat fleet?
That really does not make sense. If we are spending this much time parsing what the meaning of "establish a fleet" is, we are looking at the wrong parts of the contract for loopholes. I am sure there are some out there, but there are severe economic penalties to the company for this type of move. Seems to be self correcting, particularly with a ratio in place.