Originally Posted by
baseball
on the serious side...Management has likely game planned this out.
What do you think of this possibility? Bring on this new jet and configure it to comply with scope. Result: RASM and PRASM, and other economic metrics are simply ignored in the short term so that management can be in position to make a long term play.
Another words, management is happy to lose money for 3 to 7 years if they can find a way to reconfigure the jets and/or similar jets later on if they can find a way to get around scope and/or kick the can so long they force the pilots to capitulate and give up scope.
I think this CRJ 550 or whatever they are calling it is a long term and not a short term play. Sorta like ISIS has a 2000 year plan, Kirby has a 30 year plan and this is phase one.
If only the pilots flying them were on the mainline list, they could play all the seat games they wanted...
From a practical standpoint I think it’s a good idea to really improve a subpar product, the cost should be recaptured by the upgraded seating. Let’s hope it’s not screwed up in the implementation phase, like the awful backbreaking church pew seats they put in the 175s.