Originally Posted by
rcfd13
The 50 seaters are being replaced by 76 seaters and the pilots are going to be told to fly them for the same pay rate or to take paycuts. I have no idea how you consider that a step in the right direction. At this rate we'll be flying 737s for $30/hour pretty soon.
Try and keep up... a significant portion of those 50 seaters capacity are being replaced by 717s... and redeployed A319s. I've seen a lot of CRW, BMI, DSM, MLI, FAY and various other formerly all RJ cities this year. Some 76 seaters will replace them, but 88 717s is a major portion of that.