Originally Posted by
Lighteningspeed
It is obvious to me you are either incapable of reading the entire posts in a logical sequence or just pick and choose a sentence out of a post just to make your ludicurous accusations. Had you spent time reading Ftrooppilot post you would have realized my post was agreeing with what Ftrooppilot has written. No one knows whether Comair or Compass will be sold. That was a conjecture forwarded by Ftrooppilot and by others.
Nothing bogus about the fact if Compass is sold, NWA will award 18 additional RJs to Mesaba and 36 more RJs in addition to that. If you don't know why that is go do research on your own. Now go over to Compass thread and post your speculations there and stop wasting my time.
You don't seem to get what I had in my previous posts. I don't have anything against you personally and don't forget that what happens at NWA/XJ/CP and soon to be Comair has an effect on all of us. I posted about CP here because it was brought up and was very relevant to the topic being discussed.
There are limits in the NWA/DAL JPWA as to how many overgrown RJs can be operated under the DL code. If CP is sold that's OK as long as the Flow down/up remains unchanged. If that goes away then the number of 76 seat jets they are allowed to operate under the DL code is reduced by 35 (i.e., they can't just replace those airplanes with others types/companies). If CP is sold it absolutely DOES NOT magically trigger 54 additional A/C to Mesaba, either under NWA contract language or JPWA language. It sounds like you are going off NWA contract language which allows a "lower cap" of 55 51 to 76 seat RJs and an "upper cap" of 90. If CP is sold under NWA contract language it does open the door for up to 19 more RJs for XJ (or who ever NWA feels like), not 54. The reason for this is because the "lower cap" would then apply, allowing only 55 RJs to be configured to 51 to 76 seats. If you would like to do some of your own research I have all of the applicable documents. Let's not turn this into a "mine is (insert adjective here)" contest please.