Originally Posted by
Bill Lumberg
I thought this LGA expansion was mainly RJs? It was aquiring slots to places USAir was flying with their turboprops. There may have been some cities we could have flown to with mainline planes, but the majority were to small cities that were flown to by 30+ seat props. We already fly a certian amount of flights to our hubs on mainline equipment, and the flights are already pretty full from LGA. It would have been nice to get that other terminal next door, but I see it full of RJs. This seems like a larger blow to Compass and Comair, not Delta. I just don't see the catastrophic view that some do on here. I am sure it will be resolved, but that would probably mean less RJs, and more mainline taking over for the fewer flights allowed.
If they have to give up slots, it may mean some upgauging. Either way there will be some shifting of what our needs are.