2 things here. DAL would be able to use the 76 seaters to the full capacity. If I'm not mistaken they could be configured to 88 seats and get more revenue out of them. Also if down the road the emb-190 is brought in then you are already set up for it.

The other thing is the cost of a furlough. The longer the furlough the less this matters, but if it's anywhere under 2 years than it gets pretty costly.

It will be a hard sell. But if there is ever a time to try it's now. If this doesn't happen now it will never happen.