Originally Posted by
Firsttimeflyer
I'm not DALbut 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.
Thank you for the synopsis. Like I mentioned before, whatever was agreed upon in Delta's C12 contract affected the bargaining position of UAL's pilots, and not in a positive way. My take away, after 20 years, is that the Delta pilots seem to be at the forefront of allowing scoped seats to increase.