Originally Posted by
johnso29
I know. I have no doubts about those numbers.
I was just arguing that old NWA planned on flying them longer. But, as I said earlier it's a moot point. I also agree with sailingfun that management has ZERO intention of finding a Mainline 100 seat airplane. It's most likely our pilot group will shrink come 2013 when the retirements start(if not sooner due to furlough) because the DC9s will go to the boneyard and our flying will be further hoared out.
Infortunatly I think you are right. I have been saying for several years now that the mainline US carriers ala DAL, UAL, CAL etc... DO NOT want to be in the short or medium haul domestic airline business. They want to fly international, and the cherry picked long haul domestic routes and they have been slowly cedding the domestic structure to smaller jet carriers like SKW, RAH, XJET, etc.... they have been laying this ground work for 20 years. The proof is in the pudding!! When as a S5 pilot I had a trips had overnights in MIA, DEN and YEG ...that is NOT REGIONAL flying. Much of the problem now is that the train has left the station so to speak and it will is going to be a real biatch trying to stop it... good luck.