Originally Posted by
pa28dakota
What about scope? I do not mean number of seats the regionals fly, but the number of airframes per 50 seat, 70 seat, and 76 seat groups. Rumor had it Delta was going to ask for higher limits on regional aircraft than what is currently in C2012. More planes at regionals also slows the moves to take the flying back to mainline and would further delay us folks here at the regionals even though it would mean growth and upgrades for junior regional pilots. Any news on that part of the TA?
Originally Posted by
Mesabah
There is no scope relief in the new TA.
This TA gives up more scope. It allows 25 more 70 seat aircraft at the regionals for parking 50 more 50 seat aircraft. Without the new limit Delta would be parking 25 more 50 seat aircraft anyways, possibly more, due to the regionals inability to staff in the coming years.
Delta management is good at convincing DALPA they win with this provision, when in reality Delta was planning on parking at least 25 more 50 seat aircraft anyways.
It actually allows more, larger efficient aircraft at the regional level than allowed today.
The TA also allows more foreign flying than is currently allowed in the Delta contract. This leads to less mainline jobs due to that as well.
Originally Posted by
tunes
isn't it 2 100 seaters at delta to add 1 more 76 seater at a FFD
Delta is ordering 100 seat aircraft regardless. They can't farm that flying out anyways. The main thing Delta was looking to gain was to be able to keep the most outsourced regional flying it can staff. They just upped that number by 25 in this TA.
Without it, the regionals will probably shrink quicker since it would be better for Delta to have 2 less inefficient 50 seat aircraft and 1 more 100 seat aircraft.
The 25 more 70 seat aircraft will lead to about 10-15 less 100 seat aircraft at mainline.