Originally Posted by
JamesBond
I have made it crystal clear that I think their RJ 'need' is a throwaway item. But ya'll are getting... again... wrapped all up in something that is going away, and are willing to pay dearly (to use the term time value of concessions) to prevent something that will die on it's own accord. We did it before, and we'll do it again.
And nothing is forever in this business.
I don't think its a throwaway item at all. I think they think our MEC/NC is desperate for a deal (checked only by what they think is ratifiable, which I think is well below what really is but I digress) and they are confident we will help bail them out of their RJ mess, again, by breathing more life into the model. Being able to fly 50% more pax per whatever number of RJ pilots they can keep getting/keeping while 'reducing' the planes they don't want and can't staff anyway was probably (re)agreed by gentleman's handshake within hours of POSTA1.0 going down.