Originally Posted by
Justdoinmyjob
404,
you seem to be missing the fact that Delta is currently 25 airframes UNDER the allowed cap for 70/76 seaters already. They could go out tomorrow and add those 25 airframes if they so chose to do so. You are off in the weeds on this one. The total cap doesn't change with the new TA.
Here is the summary from the meeting. Again, you are confusing the 25 under the old contract that can be added, to the additional 25 more this TA will allow.
From the meeting:
"Retains the limit of 76 seats at DCI
• DCI fleet shrinks to 425 from 450
• Total number of RJs is reduced by 5.6 percent, RJ seat count reduced by 2 percent
• With current limits of 223 76-seaters and 102 total 70-seaters, allows 25 additional 70 or 76-seat jets, but tied to deliveries of a 100-seat small narrow-body aircraft(1 70/76-seat RJ for every 2 100-seaters delivered to Delta)"
There is a current cap of 223 76-seaters and 102 total 70-seaters, the remaining 125 is 50-seaters for 450 total.
This TA would allow another 25 76/70-seaters for 350 total. Making it a cap of 350 76/70-seaters, the remaining 75 is 50-seaters for 425 total.
What I am getting at is the regionals are shrinking anyways and 425 or less DCI aircraft is the plan anyways. In my opinion this TA allows more of the 425 (or less) DCI planes to be larger 76/70-seaters.