Originally Posted by
ugleeual
Apparently this was a lease buy out… United accounting geek figured company would save cash buying the planes outright rather than continuing lease payments. Non event.
So you're thinking that this deal was just put together recently ... after our TA was put on hold?
While that's a nice story/spin from management, I suspect this purchase was conceived prior to the pilots effectively killing the TA.
Originally Posted by
Str8 Cash Homie
The 550’s (700 with 50 seats) are junk after the new pax weight’s from the FAA.
Are they? Or are they not able to operate efficiently on long stage lengths?
The new FAA pax weights simply mean that they have to reduce fuel loads. That was an increase of 20lbs/pax. Times 50 = 1000 lbs.
Now, how much did the TA increase max weight? More than 1000 lbs? Hmmm.
Management came up with the 550 to get around our scope limits. I don't have any sympathy for them.