Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
ftb: The 7 year contract being referenced is the Pinnacle concessionary contract.
I thought it was about Pinnacle but the conversation by that point had shifted back to mainline because Pinnacle wasn't reducing airplanes from 700 to the low 400s, the total DCI was. So that shift is predicated on our contract, right?
That's why I said that. Although that's unless Pinnacle pilots and ALPA have negotiated something else with Delta management.
RA:
And we've actually solved through that equation, and we're going to take our regional carrier fleet down from probably a peak of around 700 -- 600, 700 airplanes down to the low 400s, and we're going to have the best cost structure and the best operations.
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 Director
Well, 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. 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
Because "really" in the next 18-24 months is right in that shouldn't we have all the 717s by January 2016? I think it's 1 new 76-seater for ever 1.25 717s right? So by Jan 2016 if it's 6 in OCT and 3/mo after that? But by 24 months they'd have nearly 50 new 76-seaters. Or maybe the 717s will all be here in 24 months?
ah, maybe you're right [hope you're right] and he was just going back to throw that info in but the Pinnacle pilot contract hadn't been discussed though?
More importantly, I was thinking, what would 8/4/3/3 look like when it's 8/4/3/3/0/0/0/0?
