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 ?