Thread: NSNB. Perhaps??
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Old 01-28-2019 | 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by da42pilot
With the E175, you’d have a fleet that’s literally hundreds of frames larger than a fleet with only 100 seaters.

That’s economy of scale right there.
That would be nice and going with Embraer would allow that if they ever wanted to go that way, but based on what the company has said, I don’t see 76 jets at mainline as a remote possibility. The company has remained somewhat open to 100+ seat jets though. Now that they know that scope isn’t for sale, they may warm to the idea of the 195e2/220 size jet so that they can get the additional 76 seaters at the regionals that they want since they are stuck with our current scope language. There is a bunch going on right now. This big campaign to rebrand the airline again has the employees stirred up. My guess is that we will have a new contract before they seriously consider adding another fleet type, and I really don’t expect that for a couple of years.
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