Originally Posted by
Stryker
The ATRs are not going away anytime soon... They have been saying that for years and when I interviewed there they told me that it will not be happening because that plane is their money-maker... especially in these times of almost $120/barrel oil...
The ATR
is going away this time. The transfer of crews from the ATR to the jet has already started. DL will NOT renew the leases this time around for the simple fact that any profit the ATR's make is just dumped into maintenance for them. These aircraft have become unreliable maintenance pigs and its time for them to go. A new fleet of turboprops would be ideal, but that isn't happening. CR9's are not happening either because of DL scope clauses.