Originally Posted by horrido27

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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...