Originally Posted by
BenderRodriguez
Take a hard look at what AAL is doing. They essentially have 3 bands now. The middle band 757/767 (currently 161 airframes) is the one with the shortest life expectancy which of course leaves only 2. The high pay band only has orders for an additional 42 aircraft, while the lowest band has orders for 420. The net result is that the career earnings average will be dropping as airplanes are retired (75/76) and replacements (A320/321/737X) come on line.
What does that have to do with the point though? The only stat that really matters is once you back out the replacement planes how many of each type will they have then?
Funny thing about banding though, is it won't really stop much training (unless you couple it with longer freezes, in which case you could just conceed lomger freezes and be done with it) and will generate a lot of training for a while. Especially with LBP.