Originally Posted by
Purpleanga
The MRJ is not a 717 replacement. It’s a ERJ/CRJ replacement. That’s what some here are trying to tell you. It’s makes more sense to reduce RJ feed by adding bigger RJs so there’s less total regional feed. There’s no chance Delta will take that in house. Mostly because it doesn’t make sense financially to take on this massive feed when the regional can do it for much less. Also good luck getting mainline guys to fly 4,5 legs a day again.
No it doesn't make more sense. Bigger RJs still gives up more flying that is closer to ML equipment. It might make sense to the company, but it doesn't from a pilot standpoint.
And the second part is exactly why we don't want to allow it. These newer aircraft are more efficient, which means it puts mainline pilots that much closer to the cost of outsourcing pilots on the older airframes. Why give them even more efficiency against us?
As far as 4 and 5 leg days, there are plenty of ML schedules that do that, such as the 717 and MD-88.