Originally Posted by
PilotBases
What benefit does DL have flying scope crippled jets? If they are going to be mainline aircraft, why not just have the pilots fly A220s? Not sure how a 76 seat or even 80 seat RJ works effectively, especially since we haven’t seen an A220-100 order for years, and that holds around 110.
There's clearly a strong market incentive for 76ish seat planes. Otherwise they would have parked them already instead of trying to put out staffing related helmet fires every day.