Originally Posted by
Bill Lumberg
The NMB considers them a peer, and that doesn't help when negotiating. Throw in very low rates at UA and bigger RJs at USair, and it doesnt help our cause. Sorry, no way to get around that.
The largest rj at US Airways is the Embraer 175. We have outsourced the same plane. We just put a few less seats in it. It's nothing a configuration change can't fix. I watched the MD-88's add 7 seats and the MD-90's add 10 seats overnight.