Originally Posted by
cencal83406
Not that more regional jets would be good but no:
He stated, "what if they asked for 25 more 76-sweaters"...
And included that the offer was tied to a 4-1 mainline:RJ ratio of B717-sized (100-seat) jets ie for every 1 additional RJ 4 more baby-mainline jets.
So no not entertaining bigger jets off property, just more of current limit.
Besides the negative implication of any more trades, why do the scope deals always involve the smallest mainline? Why not tie any increase of small jet (outsource) flying (76 or less seats) to acquisition of A330 and bigger (74, 380, 76ER, 777,etc)?
I want RJ scope tied to the planes that are most closely related to the same type of flying. A reduction of total RJ's, keeping the line at 76, and a reduction of block hours, ASM's, and seats is the only acceptable direction for this part of our scope.
When DAL adds 35 A330's and 25 A350's over the next 3-4 years, we don't want that to be a trigger on RJ limits.