Originally Posted by
BenderRodriguez
I am not condemning bottom end scope. I am thinking it is not as big an issue as it is be made out to be because of the industry dynamics right now. The newbies aren't gonna want to waste their time with RJs when they will be flying 717s in 5 years. (Sticky that if you wan) But if the group wants to waste negotiating capital on it, then that is what we will do. JMHO, YMMV
The 50 seaters may die on their own but I don't think holding the line on the 76 seaters is a waste of capital. If we give another round of concessions on those and allow more of them to be outsourced then there are going to be fewer 717 jobs (or even 88 or 737 jobs) eventually.