Originally Posted by
MasterOfPuppets
United is:
#800's from a 5 year CA
#1000's from a 4 year CA
#1200's from a 3 year CA
And those numbers INCLUDE 200+ furloughs still with recall rights.
DL has hired more pilots every single year than UA 2012-present. My 2018 bold prediction is that UA will succeed in growing at 6-8% through 2020 and that by 2021 we will have a fleet roughly the size as DL (including 100 seaters) and UA will have a quicker upgrade than DL. And with our industry leading WB fleet UA will be the place people will want to work over DL and AA.
I tend to agree with you. Of course with the standard disclosure nothing in this business ever stays the same and literally anything can happen.
That being said we finally have a management team that wants to run an airline and exploit the best hubs and overall route network in the business.
I’ve posted this before and I don’t have the exact numbers in front of me. I believe we have approximately 220 & 185 less mainline narrowbody vs. AA and DAL, however our Widebody flying is significantly bigger then both.
I’m going to make a bold prediction that on our new contract we are going to be the first Legacy to fly 70/76 seater. I also believe we will buy 100 seaters.
My sources tell me both the company and union are motivated to get a deal completed this year. I don’t see the union agreeing to scope concessions. The company wants and needs to grow and wants more 76 seaters. Sure they could order SNB but that would take beyond 2020 to take delivery and grow more 70/76 seaters allowed by Scope choke. They wouldn’t be able to make the recently reported growth targets. The only way to do this is by having mainline fly 70/76 seaters and a mix of new SNB.