Originally Posted by
Trip7
Wholeheartedly agree. C2012 is a big reason why Delta has hired significantly more pilots than UAL and United. This continued trend has half the list projected to be 2014+ hires by 2021
Still giving to get. What's next? When the 76s are old and uneconomical (black swan oil prices we are constantly warned of) and need replacing, then what? 76s become the new 50s, and 100s become the new 76s?
Large scope needs protection without a doubt. Just not convinced this is a smart path and making it an either/or seems self defeating.
Investor day December 2013...
Richard H. Anderson
Yes, the scope clauses, these are all really -- when we did our last agreement earlier with our pilots,
we pretty much resolved all those scope clause matters going forward permanently. I don't even know that we're going to buy all of the 70. In fact, we aren't going to buy all the 76 seaters we're entitled to buy under the -- under our scope clause. So we even have some room there. I don't know where we'll end up, but we have room right now for 30 more that we don't have earmarked.