Originally Posted by Baradium

They really really want them gone. I believe both companies are well below their allowable number of 50 seaters by scope.



The 50 seaters are planes the company doesn't want. We aren't even at the number of 50 seat airframes allowed. Using airframes the company is already parking to allow them to get airframes they want anyway is foolish on our part, and yes, it is a scope give. 76 seaters in the first place was a give and every additional one is a give too. If it wasn't a give, why would the company want it?



Airframes aren't replaced based on a fleet seat count.




It was not scope recapture. It was giving the company something they wanted in exchange for us "getting" something the company already wanted I the first place.

By your logic, E195s at DCI would be acceptable if total seat count went down. We don't operate them as a mainline airplane after all.