Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
The RJ is inconsequential. ASA and Comair were in the process of acquiring DC9's and 737s. If it had not been one type, it would have been another.
The distinction was the decision to break unity.
ASA was never acquiring 737 or DC-9 aircraft. The only thing I ever heard was Comair buying DC-9 or 737 aircraft in the mid 90's. We had scope in the 1996 contract that would have prevented any of that. I believe Comair was attempting to acquire the aircraft for a "charter" operation. That was almost 20 years ago so I may be wrong. The only "large" aircraft allowed in the 1996 contract were the BAE-146's and ATR-72's that ASA already had acquired.