Originally Posted by
Itsajob
Deluded is probably a little strong. I don’t see us flying 76 seat jets any time soon, but I can see a realistic situation where we end up with 100 seat jets, small 737’s, or 319’s and drastically shrink the regionals. Express flying a few 50 seaters and the 70 seaters that they already have with mainline flying the rest on 100+ seat jets would be a good product. It’s contract negotiating time now anyway. You can’t believe anything you hear until a contract is signed and aircraft are ordered.
I just don’t know if 100 seats is the tipping point that makes it worthwhile to pay mainline pay and benefits. If it is -awesome. I think we are on the way there but I don’t think it’s there yet.