Originally Posted by mainlineAF

I fully expect a 100 seat order will only be used as a bargaining chip IF one is ever made. Management could care less about the seat gap between the 175 and the 319. If they did they could have ordered a couple hundred more e190s by now.

A couple things worry me about a potential group 1 order.
-if an order is announced the pilot group will get all angry bc the pay is too low. Good point but if these are growth aircraft and not g2 replacements then that is fine by me. We can try and make up the pay in 2020.
-if management comes out and says we will order these planes but then they plan to park g2 planes that should be a no-go.

I personally think we won't have to worry about this. Parker and co have made it clear the 100 seater doesn't make economic sense at mainline in their view. They'll continue with 76 seaters and 319 where DL flies 717s and CS100s.

Plus come 2020 they're going to pull all sorts of old trick plays out of the playbook to get us distracted and even more fragmented. We're going to have our hands full. It's sure going to be interesting.