Originally Posted by
liquid
The remaining 6 737-500's will be leaving the fleet. How many deliveries are expected on the LCAL side?
Last I heard it was 2 -900's per month, so I guess that's "nearly zero net change"
Yup. It's less than a few percentage points as measured by the S-CAL fleet.
The 24 "United" 737-900ER deliveries in 2013 include the L-UAL assigned aircraft from the L-UAL order in 2012. Per the announcement, L-UAL aircraft are scheduled for deliveries starting in August, 2013. UCH also actually cancelled some pre-merger CAL 737NG orders when the MAX order was placed; I don't know offhand the original delivery dates for the cancelled aircraft.
Even if S-CAL takes 18 of the 24 this year (which would match the 2012 pace) it's only a net increase of 12. Add 3 787s in the second half and 15 divided by the CAL fleet (360?) is a pretty small percentage that could be rounded to zero, but I described as nearly zero. CAL is hiring for retirements, FAR 117, and the UPA, not some massive growth plan.
It's all p***ing in the wind anyway---at this point the merger is complete, except for SLI, and all these aircraft are "United" airplanes.