Originally Posted by
JungleBus
This is not a scope improvement, this is doubling down on C2012: fixing management's DCI staffing problem for them, breathing new life into a repugnant outsourcing scheme, and acting like buying flying we already own is some sort of scope victory.
Name one single contract since 1996 when DALPA hasn't given given management more of the biggest, most advanced, most mainliney RJs available at the time. You can't. They are habitually unable and unwilling to draw and defend a line on narrowbody scope (and now it turns out, widebody scope too). This is yet another capitulation and the best thing that can be said about it is that it's not as big as the last one.
That's why I said despite 25 more jumbo RJs.
I don't disagree. The block hour ratios get to where I thought they should be in C2012, plus the closing of the republic loophole and other areas were good.
I was trying to be fair and give credit where it was due as far as a more positive aspect.
Remember that they haven't even exercised all the options on the 76 seaters that they can currently do in this case. With all the mud in this mediocre at best contract, I considered that one of the lower threat items as far as gives. That's all that I was saying.