Originally Posted by tcco94

don't base your bids on what delta is saying about retirements. They rarely hold true and last longer than expected. 763ER's were suppose to be 2025, now it's 2030 on a latest base visit. 717 is GROWING next year in airplanes, lol. From laughter himself on a townhall talking about how it's going to be around a lot longer than people expect.

Bud what you want, want what you bid. Don't try to game it around retirements because you will make poor regretful decisions as management likely keeps the birds longer than you thought. If they're making money and filling seats they aren't going to dump them. Let's be honest the replacements for 767 aren't here and using a 220 to fill all the 717 routes would be a waste for that airplane. So they aren't in any rush to dump these airplanes because they're "old". We have older 320's in the fleet lol.