Originally Posted by
nwa757
I'll say it one more time. Any contract that allows purchase of more brand new 76 seat jets is a concession. American, United, Delta, anyone.
How? Present facts please. The most recent DAL contract resulted in the guaranteed reduction of over 1300 RJ jobs, 88 B717's coming to mainline. At the very least, the transfer of more flying back to mainline was accelerated.
Originally Posted by
nwa757
Who cares if they park old 50 seaters, who cares about ratios. If we are allowing more large RJs to be purchased, then they should be flown at mainline.
You figure out how to do that, & let us all know. On the latest DAL TA, management wanted 82 seat RJs. Our NC said sure, but they'll be flown at mainline. They quickly redacted that request. They wouldn't budge on recapturing flying.
Originally Posted by
nwa757
Any new jets bought now will be flown at outsourced rates for decades. Why would we let more cats out of the bag?
Decades? 50 seaters haven't been flown for decades yet, & they're already being parked.
Originally Posted by
nwa757
Let's not have short term memory loss on regarding the stagnation and furloughs that these outsourced large RJs have cost EVERYONE.
I think the 50 seaters had a greater effect then the large RJs. The 50 seaters generally aren't limited, while the 70/76 seaters are.