Originally Posted by
TFAYD
and I bet that there are discussions going on right now along the lines of...
”Hey, we don’t want to buy a small narrow body. How about we give you 100-200 A319 or 7 MAX in order to get more 70/76 seater.”
Of course there is. There were similar offers before COVID and the union said no. The company wants Delta’s scope limit without doing what Delta did to get it. That was the big issue holding up contract negotiations before COVID hit. The union wants as much of the flying flown by United pilots as possible. The 50 seaters are unpopular and getting really old, so why give the company anything? Scope is maxed out, and as the 50 seaters age out, the only option to replace that lift is with United pilots.