Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
johnso: the 82 seat request from mgmt always intrigued me. It was stated to me by several different higher ups as well as a status rep that DL had NOT asked for more seats in the 76 seaters. Only when the uproar and sales job began did they change their story.
I'm still not sure what to believe.
Not sure which status reps you asked, but the info I've received, from high ups, has been very consistent; the company was asking for 82 seats, ALPA made it clear that wasn't going to happen. The fact that the company wanted to "optimize" the airframe with greater than 76 seats, shouldn't be a surprise. Of course they did.