Originally Posted by
ERflyer
Read about the details and crunch the numbers. You may come to a different conclusion over the next few weeks. I was upset at first too but when I crunched the numbers they were compelling enough for me to change my mind.
Have you crunched the numbers on EASK to Block Hours? You may not be an ER flyer for long if that one gets through. AF/KLM can up gauge to A380s while we replace the 757 with 737-900ER. We are in the process of down gauging from 747-400 to A-330/A-350. Block Hour ratio could work in place of EASK, but needs to be 60/40 in favor of Delta, not 50/50.
Those who point to our large orders for A-330 and A-350 as a way to up gauge from our ER fleet forget that the 25 A-330 NEOs arrive AFTER the term of this TA. The first A-350 doesn't show up until well into TA 2015.