Originally Posted by
boxer6
Ok...I stand corrected. You mean to tell me DALALPA allowed 175's with76 seats BEFORE C12? Or did they allow 70 to grow to 76 during C12 negotiations?
The type aircraft is is not as relevant as the number of seats installed.
In any case, DALALPA's C12 new scope language did affect UAL ALPA'S position during their section 6.
Everyone knew the 50 seat economics were unsustainable. Bargaining for their departure seems like a waste of leverage.
I'm not DAL but was a DCI guy, we flew the crj900 with 76 seats before C12. What that contract did was eliminate a lot of 50 seaters and put a cap on the total number of RJs flying for the DCI system. But it also allowed a greater number of the larger RJs (crj700 and 900 and the E170/175/190 with a seat max of 76). Lots of regionals flew around with 70-76 seats (compass, Skywest, ASA, mesa, comair, republic, etc). Overall a decrease in the number of airframes at regionals, just allowed a greater number of bigger airframes that were already allowed.
Pretty good balance in the scheme of things since flying goes to mainline but regionals aren't furloughing in droves to achieve it and a lot of those guys are getting to the big leagues.