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Old 06-20-2012 | 07:44 AM
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Bill Lumberg
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Originally Posted by boog123
In 3 years, I doubt anyone will think this scope change was worth the money. "we didn't think they would do that".
You mean parking a lot more RJs than are coming over? You guys seem to forget that something will replace the 200+ RJs that will leave. Many of their routes will stay, but now those 102 70 seaters will take the vacant 50 seater routes, essentially upguaging the route. Then you forget about the 717s. Yes, 21 DC9s will be replaced, but that means an additional 67 717s will takeover plenty of current CR9 and E175 routes that are doing well. Again, that is upguaging. So, we finally get that "mythical" 100 seater to recapture those routes that were lost after our BKs, along with a ratio that favors mainline. Throw in a 19.7% raise for a short 3 year contract, and that's pretty good. Better than a "hunch" of supposed leverage.