Originally Posted by
Ftrooppilot
Express Jet CRJ200 2013 operations costs were $553.00 / block hour.
Endeavor CRJ200 2013 operations cost were $361.00 / block hour.
Express Jet flew 145,622 hours in 2013 at a cost of $80,518,920.
Endeavor could have flown the same block hours for $52,569,542
DAL will reduce CRJ200 operations in 2014
Who has the leverage ?
The real question is who is stuck paying the leases on those aircraft and for how long. If Delta is on the hook for ExpressJet -200 leases then it might not make sense to dump them as it might cost more in the end.
It's not all about pilot costs.