Originally Posted by
Eric Stratton
I don't think he is for outsourcing that airplane. Some people on here seem to be pulling for the 195 to replace the dc9 at mainline. Why in the world would you want to replace the dc9 with a similar sized airplane that pays 20% less. That is just the dumbest things I have seen on here.
Eric,
We would like to insure we get the flying. When they park the -30's and -40's (100 & 110 seats), we know that the replacement aircraft for the routes they flew as of now WILL be the 70 seaters. It would be dumb of us to allow further erosion of our flying and routes just because an aircraft pays 20% less.
Our DC-9-50's carry one more passenger than the A-319 (I think. If not, it's equal.), but pays $10 less. So, it's not uncommon for unfair payrates to exist at an airline. It's up to us to change those rates. That only happens if we have the airplanes first.
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