Originally Posted by EDVPLT

This is not entirely true at all. Republic is still operating 17 of those 170s and 5 will come off contract in June/July still letting Delta operate 12 of those 170s through summer. The rest of the 12 fall off contract between August-October. This deal is just to get Delta through this summer and they need more airplanes and they can't get mainline pilots trained fast enough and they know it. Planespotters show Endeavor having 26 900s parked right now and as soon as this contract gets signed all of those will be put in service to accommodate the summer schedule. Plus republic still have old Compass birds that never got conformed so I would not be surprised to see all of those have been done and will be put into service with the signing of this LOA if they have not already been put in service.