Originally Posted by
Grumble
They're not going anywhere they do serve a purpose, but we need to purge all the LCAL mgmt style thinking that put them all over the freaking place. Like not a single mainline flight to NWFL/gulf coast, -8's on hub to hub flights, RJs into places like ATL.
Agreed, they're NOT going anywhere, and will always serve a purpose. But the amount in service can't go quick enough. Let them go to TYR, BPT, CLL, wherever. Besides, grandpa on the 73 couldnt hack a 4-5 leg day doing nothing but Texas 2 step/Texas triangle of death (BRO-HRL-CRP) all day. He'd be complaining "this crap is for the RJ kids!!!!"
You'll always need it for certain markets. However, while everyone is hung up on the amount of 50 seaters, what's the bigger threat to the narrow body job? The crappy 50 seater of the dual class RJ? While people were so focused on L-CAL's 274 POS ERJ's, there should have been as much if not more to reign in the dual class 700/E-jets. Granted, the contract did a decent job tightening up that 274 as well as L-UAL's disgraceful 70 seat giveay, but still.....
Originally Posted by
Grumble
Simple rule, if DAL flies a mainline jet somewhere, no 50 seaters allowed.
Agree with that too. But that thinking is a little funny. As in "let's let DAL be the trend setters and show all the initiative. We're too slow and behind the times to innovate/advance".
I'm NOT saying YOU, but how UCH has handled this whole thing. Remember the press release with the 700's? "Something something customers don't want RJ's something something mainline product something something capacity".
It's like they they thought they we're some kind of genius for figuring it out when DAL had ALREADY figured it out.