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So you favor scrapping the flow-thru and parking those 76 seat jets?
That's what I would like, but make no mistake, it's gonna be a big hit for Delta. Serious financial pain in the short term.
Do you think the MEC has the guts to actually do it?
In rough numbers, it would cost the Company something like a Billion to park those airplanes. The MEC does not want them on the mainline property. The MEC does not want to seriously financially harm the Company just prior pecuniary negotiations.
Again, I expect another instance of an official "nothing to see here, move along ... " over what is really perceived as a pretty minor issue. Unless of course you are one of the 1,000 guys at the bottom who could be impacted. If we are hiring steady with only the most remote possibility of furloughs, then there will be nearly no political pressure to make a stink out of this.
Didn't we all know exactly how this would go down the minute we read about the Compass divestiture from our MEC? Really, anyone surprised that Compass got spun off and the flow is in question?