Originally Posted by
sailingfun
The replacements for the DC9's were already purchased before the 717 deal. There are still about 20 of the MD90s in mod lines coming online.
We have plenty of pilots for those just on the 88 alone. Look at MSP 88 B, 45 on reserve, 7 required. Heck, 33% of ATL M88 B lines in september are below 70 hours with 10% of all of the lines being between 65-66 hours. And on most days we have 2x as many 88 Bs in ATL as we require and that's after dropping reserves from 104 to 78 pilots from August to September. We have slop, except on the weekends.
But their goal when they finally have a 717 bid is to, in a single bid, open the 717 category while closing the DC9 category to minimize training.