Originally Posted by
Timbo
But you were on the 767?
No soup for you!
Not to worry about those 3% pay increases though, we'll be back in contract negotiations by March or April of 2013.
Oh wait...
Remember, it's a 7 year pilot contract.
2013 Q1 Discussion in reference to removing the 50-seaters and shifting the flying over to larger jumbo RJs:
Helane R. Becker - Cowen Securities LLC, Research DivisionThat's huge. And as we think about that then, how many years should we allow for that? I know it's in the pilot contract, right? It's like 2 to 3 years?
Richard H. Anderson - Chief Executive Officer and DirectorWell, no, we should be -- we should really, I think in 24 --
well, it's a 7-year pilot contract, Mike Campbell reminds me. But in terms of getting the shift done, it's really in the next 18 to 24 months.
Imagine going 7 years out with C2012?
Anyways, I'm going to break this answer up and half because I want to highlight something else:
RA: And that's where you see a big improvement in our regional carrier line. And we have a big ASM pickup because we're going to be able to operate the airline, the total Delta airline with probably a couple hundred fewer airplanes and still have the same ability to produce ASMs. So there's so much operating leverage in this move that we're excited about closing on the Pinnacle transaction.
So, maybe, as some brilliant minds said last year at this time, Delta doesn't want 600 regional jets anymore. It'd rather have 400ish. Especially with up-gauging. So was DCI reducing to 450 jets really a win?
DAL Negotiator: "Okay guys, here's the deal... we'll let you have those new 717s that we bought from Southwest IF, and listen to me, IF you give us more up-gauging/popular/cost effective/profitable [jumbo] regional jets. But, I'll make it even better for you, we'll shrink DCI down to the size we want it to be anyways especially if we get 717s and more 76-seaters. so there you go, you give us a few more of those jets you don't want to fly, we'll give you new Boeing 717s and we'll shrink DCI. Deal? Think about it. No wait, we don't have time to think about it, time value of a hand in the bush, sign now..."