Originally Posted by
Nevets
They only need to reduce the 50 seat jets IF they exceed 153 76 seat jets. And that requires them to purchase new SNB aircraft. With that said, they don't need leverage to get rid of ALL of XJT's 50 seat jets. They will automatically come off as leases expire.
Below is straight from their TA Summary which shows a hard cap on UAX ships of 450.......? However my math was wrong, it's not 165 that need to be removed, it's 168.
SCOPE
Very broadly, Scope establishes United pilot flying protections and at the same time allows the Company to generate certain revenue through connections with operations conducted by other air carriers (where the flying is not flown by United pilots). One of the most complex tasks faced with the JCBA was to not only modernize the Scope section, but to also cover the spectrum from United Express flying to international joint ventures. The legacy Continental Scope section was used as the basis for this section in the TA, beginning with a definition of Company Flying that preserves all flying for United pilots unless the flying is included within agreed-upon exceptions.
• UAX (Express flying) block hour ratio restriction based on narrowbody single-aisle block hours at DOS
• No 76-seat aircraft until Jan. 1, 2014; current legacy United 70-seat and turboprop limits until then
- After Jan 1, 2014: Cap 70-/76-seat aircraft at 255 hulls; no more than 130 76-seat aircraft
- Q400 included in 76-seat aircraft count limits (currently no limit in legacy Continental contract)
- UAL currently has 148 70-seat aircraft and 35 Q400s
- Under JCBA definitions, UAL currently has 183 of the 255 70/76-seat aircraft
• After Jan. 1, 2016: Cap 76-seat aircraft at 153
• Can only go above 153 76-seat aircraft if new small narrowbody aircraft added to UAL fleet and forces reduction of 70-seat aircraft from 148 to 102 cap
• Must park 50-seat aircraft if going above 153 76-seat aircraft
• Maximum UAX hard cap of 450 total hulls, from current 588
• All 76-seat aircraft downgraded to 70-seats (remove seats) if furlough
• New small narrowbody aircraft – we fly it, forces reduction in UAX block hour ratio limit and number of 50- seat aircraft
Yeah, same thing I read.
"Must park 50-seat aircraft IF going above 153 76-seat aircraft" and "Can only go above 153 76-seat aircraft IF new small narrowbody aircraft added to UAL fleet..."
That's the loophole. The cap only happens if both those IFs happen.