Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Your right Carl, it would be a terrible thing if the company decided to keep more 757's! The horror of the thought!
I would prefer the plan does change and they do the heavy checks. The stuff posted about A321's, 737's, more 757's is simply not rational thought. The first two don't have range and the last is not likely to see a increase on routes running full into slot controlled or gate restricted airports.
I prefer when I try and evaluate something to look at facts. The planned fleets for Delta and our JV partners are pretty well known. I will go with those in evaluating that portion of the TA.
If they swap the A321s for A321neo's, those have a range of 4000+nm. Those will probably eventually replace the 757 in 2020 and beyond, but yes, that is a lifetime away in this business. Also, there is an E195X E2 aircraft design floating around that has MD88 seating capacity with airbus 320 type range. I expect that aircraft to replace the MD88's/717. The passenger surveys show the love for the E-jets. Compass is the highest ranked airline in the Delta system. The last customer survey showed Endeavor just slightly below Delta, and Delta a few points behind Compass. Go jet is so far below the Delta standard, it is embarrassing, like 8 or 9 standard deviations from the mean.