Originally Posted by
Rotor2prop
Guys I hate to rain on the warm fuzzies but regional flying is growing not shrinking! The only thing that is shrinking is the number of pilots and aircraft.
Take DCI, yes they are shrinking the fleet of regional aircraft but there is an increase in total regional lift seats. That equals growth! Delta sells seats not airplanes so....
There is a nice write up on it over at JC in the airline section.
Incorrect. The total number of DCI seats is DECREASING. When you park over 200 50 seaters, and add 70 76 seaters you have a decrease in seats. I'll even leave out Comair's 50 seaters that have been parked.
66 aircraft from Skywest-66 X 50 seats equals 3300 seats
140 aircraft from Pinnacle-140 X 50 seats equals 7000 seats
Combined seats equals 10,300 seats.
Now add the 70 additional 76 seat aircraft allowed per the Delta PWA.
70 X 76 equals 5,320 seats. That's a reduction of 4,980 seats.
The increase in total seats you're seeing in the cranky flier piece on JC includes seats from the 88 B717's being added to the mainline fleet.
Delta Connection Restructuring Plan | Jetcareers