Originally Posted by
johnso29
Last I checked we have 139 B757-200s, 16 B757-300s, 16 B767-300s, & 69 A320s. And what defines "early generation?" Are you implying that Delta is parking all these airplanes by the end of the announced deliveries?
Go on Delta Net and search "Fleet" or "Aircraft Fleet Information." You will get a handy little booklet of our fleet specifics. An even better source is Performance and Planning >>
Fleet Data Sheet. This might give you a decent road map of what's likely to get parked first. I think any web board speculation is useless for what might happen in 2015. With much of the current mainline fleet having very little capital cost involved the Company can react quickly.
Depending on how the Company fills in, it looks like Slowplay's comments about Contract 2012 being a better scope deal than the old 3 for 1 above a mainline fleet of 767 could certainly be the case. Especially considering management could have used a pump and dump on us.
I think we might drift up to a fleet of about, eh, 811 to 820. Slowplay's pencil is pretty sharp on this and Steve Dickson's in the crew lounge. Hopefully someone will ask the right questions.