Originally Posted by 757upspilot

Just think about how overstaffed we would be if Alanta had stayed out of the determination of which airplanes where purchased. We would have a 747-400, 767/757 fleet instead of a 757/767, MD-11, 747-400, A300-600 and just parked the DC-8 and 747 classic. We would have had very few career training events and just two qualifications. Staffing would be greatly reduced.