Originally Posted by
Trip7
ATL is the incredible shrinking base. It's ironic that the changes can be seen just by looking out the window in the crew lounge. What used to be C gates filled with our 200/700/900s are now occupied by MD88s,737s, and A320s. Once the 717 arrives that'll be like the Grim Reaper showing up for the XJT ATL Base.
It's a good thing mainline is taking back a lot of these CRJ50 flights. Let that plane die and don't give up one more airplane.
What is the cap on DCI once the 50s are gone? 450 large RJs among the DCIs right?