Originally Posted by
Monkeyfly
Remember that Delta is flying TWO SNB fleets.
Our scope concession was designed to match the fact that Delta got 88 717s while expanding their large RJ fleet. And severely reducing the 50 seaters. We started down that path with Oscar and then...
Please don’t do managements job for them and tell us what we can afford.
Yes, but both delta and the 717 were a bit of a “the stars aligned just right” situation and delta was very wise to take advantage of it.
The 717 is relatively modern. It’s also a relatively modern and out of production plane, which makes it real cheap. It probably has some commonality with other MD products, which delta still flies, making it easier to adopt. AND they became available on the market after southwest bought AirTran.
Fairly unusual circumstance and delta was very smart to take advantage of it.