Originally Posted by
johnso29
Planes added? For who? DAL is parking 50 seaters left and right. It won't be 76 seaters. They're capped. Mainline has a TON of growing to do before any 76 seaters can be added. Not to mention that there is a serious lack of product quality control when flying is not given to a wholly owned regional.
It's unlikely that RAH will grow, they will most likely shrink. With so many 37-50 seaters, and fuel rising it's likely you'll see them parked sooner then later. 2017 is the end of the DAL SA contract, and that may be renewed. However, it's unlikely as it would be directly funding a competitor. Also, the Fee for Departure contracts are quickly dying and that changes the whole game.
Yup! Dal is parking 130 more RJs over the next 2-3 years. RAH is up the creek without a paddle as soon as the carriers they fly for figure out how to get out of their contracts. When that happens the gravy train will end. Combine that with the nearly certain disaster that's on the horizon with integration of midwest/f9/rah.
Sorry tiller envy the trains coming to a bigtime hault in the near future from the looks of it. Airtran And Swa are going for the jugular and the major carriers that y'all feed won't be plying nice either. Get your time and get out asap!!