Originally Posted by
slowplay
Taking a line from "Land of the Lost," do you ever get tired of being wrong?
The latest fleet plan has large airplanes (74 and 76) being reduced, and on the south side the 737 and MD88 increased (remember they've got a goal of 40-50 MD-90's added). The same is true in the North for fleet mix. They're also rapidly parking 50 seat and smaller DCI RJ's and turboprops (how many DCI carriers are furloughing pilots?) And where'd you get the piece about ALPA lawyers at a meeting? There hasn't been a single report of that,
only that the negotiators said that RAH's move on Frontier as it's currently structured wouldn't violate our scope.
the question will be if we can argue the definition of "domestic air carrier", i know the multiple certificates is a shell game but it is definitely worth fighting. We all know its the same airline.
SCOPE LANGUAGE:
2. If a
domestic air carrier operates both permitted aircraft types and aircraft other than permitted aircraft types, the exemption for that domestic air carrier provided by
Section 1 D. 1.
The next question will be how will the major carriers respond to one of their feeders attempting to go head to head with them utilizing their own money.