Originally Posted by
Schwartz
You Betcha!
The old (current until merger closes) DAL PWA allowed 200 51+ seaters 30 of which could be 71 to 76 seats. The JPWA takes the DAL 30 and adds it to the NWA 90 to come up with 120 total. The number of RJs 51+ seats was reduced from 290 (NWA + DAL scope) to 255.
I was told that the language in the JPWA was not based on seats, but rather GTOW. And the number that was thrown out was somewhere in the 85-86,000 lbs range (or something like that). Whatever the number is, it does not include Compass's E175 because they are over that. Is that true?