Originally Posted by
shiznit
The 150 they operate is 25 more than the end state 125, so with the 61-70 new metric to gain 76's, they have to retire 4.6 50's per 76. (short roughly 5 airframes).
The company could only go to 218 76's if JA plays hardball.
Interesting..... But it could be JA just posturing publicly while knowing behind the scenes they will make the trades. Later SKYW will come out and say how through negotiations they were able to "improve the magins" over their current fleeting and provide "better returns for the shareholders and for a longer time period" while the plan was the same all along.
I think it's a bad assumption to say Skywest will operate
all 125 50 seaters. Don't think that will happen especially if Skywest takes delivery of an MRJ over our scope weight limits.
Which begs the question: "If Skywest takes delivery of an overweight MRJ and Delta is forced to cancel their DCI contracts, who will Delta use as a commuter out of SLC?" As far as I can tell, we rely on them A LOT out of SLC.
Denny