Originally Posted by
LAX Pilot
Sunvox they don't get it. They aren't used to seeing anything larger than a 50 seat jet because when all you have are 737s you really don't need to feed them with anything bigger. So now they are in the "big boy league" and they see a bigger airplane feeding a global widebody airline, and they get all excited.
Of course they don't mention that their old contract allowed unlimited Q400 airplanes which can be configured up to 80 seats. At least we got that one removed....
LAX-
As a LCAL Pilot, I would gladly go back to my old Scope.
The reality is.. the 50 seaters are a dying breed.
What the company wants (and got) and what passengers want is/are and Jet Aircraft with a First/Business class that is comfortable and profitable on long (2-3 hour flights) segments.
The reality is, the Q400 is a good airplane, but it is not going to fill the mission that these E175's are going to.
At the end of the day, our (CAL) old Scope was a disadvantage to the company when compared to what the competition is/was doing.
I believe that is called "Leverage".
It is what it is. But I just feel that the money that UAL/UCH just spent (reported as a value of 2.9 BILLION [though we know it is probably much much less]) for these aircraft to be operated by non UAL Employees (Pilots, F/A's, Mechanics...) could and should have been spent towards giving us Full Retro, Delta + something TODAY and a host of other things~
We'll get them in 2020.
Motch
PS> Someone remember this Thread in about 3-4 years when we are furloughing, parking the A319's and growing the Large RJ Fleet.
PPS> Just my opinion...