Originally Posted by
fosters
And the RJ's burn way more fuel (and I mean WAY MORE) than the comparable turboprops yet the majors haven't given serious thought to go back to them. CAL is the only one, with the majority of the majors issuing RFP's for large RJ's.
If fuel burn was their primary concern we'd see a lot more RFP's for TP's on the table IMO like the Colgan Q400 one instead of the numerous -900 RFP's.
Why should it be when management can keep ofsetting those costs by not adjusting contracts with inflation and COLA and/or pay concessions??
