Originally Posted by sailingfun

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Originally Posted by cornbeef007


DCI block hours are down, thats good. The total number of DCI seats are down, that good as well. The total number of 76 seat DCI aircraft did not go down with the new contract, once the number of mainline aircraft exceeds a specific threshold. This was a trade, not a win.




The total number of possible 76 seaters did go down in contract 2012. The combined total of both 70 and 76 seaters went up. The 70 seater is considered by many not far behind the 50 seater on the extinction list so not to worried about that.