Originally Posted by
Sink r8
True, but for the first 717 awards, I'm going to assume those WB FO's will be competing with displaced DC-9 A's. Same concept on the 737-900: they are supposed to be offset by 767-300/757/320 retirements.
In theory, the retirements could lag behind the deliveries, but I'm just as much of a MD-88 A, in theory, as little Johnny is a millionaire in theory.
In reality...
If all the dc9 A's bid into the 717 then there should be plenty of available slots on the MD88. Everyone keeps forgetting that we are getting 30 plus MD90's in the next year & will need to staff them. So the 717 should be a growth airplane (in terms of Delta CA seats).