Originally Posted by
Geardownflaps30
Actually, we never took delivery of the last 14 compass 175’s and 6 170’s for DL have come off lease. So currently, if they all came back on line there would be 45 planes operating for DL. We’ve never operated more than 78 planes in a month for AA since the bankruptcy and never more than 61 for United. The remainder are the spares accounting for aircraft cycling through heavy checks, paint shops, etc etc.
However now while we’re operating almost all our aircraft for AA and United (and only 13 for DL) the hours per plane is about 20-25% of the normal daily hours.
The last planes slated for us from Compass are still assigned to us. So unless something changes, they should be expected on property once everything recovers. And I don’t think 14 is the correct number. I seem to remember one of the QRPs announcing the 17th hitting the line already and there being 2-3 more going through conformity checks.