Originally Posted by
Han Solo
Agree. If say hypothetically we paid cash for the 321s and the 88s were on lease, would we be parking the 321s? In one post SF says that marketing (which I'm sure he means network) decides what and where we fly but here he contradicts himself and it's all of a sudden what we have lease payments on? Doesn't make any sense. The 88s are being parked because they are maintenance intensive gas guzzling junk, not because they happen to be paid for.
Your hypothetical is not our fleet so meaningless. Management has stated many times they like having a accumulator fleet that can be parked at low cost. They have used as it as such in the past. You can go with what they state and have done in the past or make up your own reality.
As to the start of this discussion airlines rarely park aircraft they have ongoing leases or mortgages. They will try and get out of leases however that tends to be difficult when capacity is declining. The only other options is a chapter 11 filing. They are more than willing to park aircraft with low or no monthly costs.