Originally Posted by
capt707
Yup! Let's pay protect all the Bus guys that were awarded these flights, pull the expensive 190s back out of storage and built a bunch of new trips and pay even more crews.
3/4 of the crew costs are covered by CARES Act grants right now, so swapping into a 190 will have a minimal marginal cost associated with it since. I'm guessing timing with maintenence procedures is a larger contributor to variable cost through September, hence the downgauging to the 190 when possible.