Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
It wasn't tin foil hats, it was concern over the vagueness of the commitments. Many that were suspect also stated that if the business plan is moderate plus, the DAL pilots would be pleased.
As to the last part, you are correct and we got aircraft not jet protection at 70 seats and below but the quid was 102 70 seat jets. They would have had to swap those 70's out for those 76 seat jets.
Either way, the vote is long gone, and we have a PWA. Move forward, I have.
The quid was not 102 70-seat jets. The quid was 70 70-seat jets and the quo was a reduction in the max number of 76-seat jets that could be authorized, a reduction in 70-seat aircraft from unlimited to 102, a reduction in the number of 50-seat aircraft from unlimited to eventually 125, a new "100-seat" category for the mainline, a mainline to DCI block hour ratio which drives an ever higher percentage of system block hours to the mainline, better domestic code-share language, better international code share language and global joint venture protections.
At the end of it all, we have far better scope, with hard caps on a much smaller regional fleet and mainline growth. Oh yeah, and a bigger pay check.