Originally Posted by
SpiraMirabilis
In this contract Delta was providing the aircraft, leasing them to Mesa for $1 a month.
Was Mesa expected to buy a 900 on their own dime to use as a spare? Oh wait, yeah since there was a queue even if they did it wouldn't arrive for about a year and a half.
Yeah,that is true. In that case it would be more of a grey area. DAL will say that MAG had enough airplanes but did not maintain them properly (almost certainly true from my personal experience). MAG would argue the opposite, but I don't think they would win...they are a long-time 900 operator, they should know how many airplanes they need to do X amount of flying, they should not have taken a contract that did not include enough airframes.