Originally Posted by
Sliceback
You're assuming S80 shrinkage isn't replaced by other n/b flying. If it is replaced the displacing S80 pilots will bid the replacement n/b(guessing it will be 737).
I included that in the first "morph" sentence, but perhaps it wasn't clear enough. I think some of the S80 flying will go to E-175's and more of it will go to the 737, but since some of that will go to E-175's there will be less overall narrow body slots in ORD. That will take time and there will be more retirements mitigating a lot of that displacement. Then again, 767 (757) flying drawing down toward MIA could then mitigate the retirements though. I think it all depends on timing with likely an ebb and flow over the next several years.