Originally Posted by
aa73
AA pilots would have never accepted placing the 717 in Group 1. same scenario as when management tried putting the A319 in Group 1 with less seats. Not gonna happen. 717 would have been group 2 at AA: group 1 would have been redefined with less seats in order to accommodate the 717 in group 2.
Apples to apples comparisons please. Delta 717 is not a valid comparison to AA group 1.
You're incorrect... Read the contract on pay groups:
DL 717: 110 seats.
a. Group I: With the exception of aircraft identified in Groups II through V below, any aircraft configured (i.e. as operated by American Airlines) with greater than seventy-six (76) seats and less than one-hundred-eighteen (118) seats, including E190/195, CRJ-1000, MRJ- 100, and Bombardier CS100.
717 is not "identified" in groups II-V