Originally Posted by
NuGuy
Heyas F4H,
My guess is that they'll pull the seats out to fit under the 255 cap, rather than pull the lift entirely.
Throw in another row or two of first class, and call it done. It'd probably be almost revenue neutral at that point. Add in the more restrictive ASA where they can pull the plug for the new carriers for picking their noses, and then throw the DAL pilot group a bone by saying "we live by our agreements" with an LOA to permit the heavier aircraft, and they'll call it a "win" for both sides.
They will NOT park those jets. That I can almost guarantee you.
Nu
I agree. I'm not fully informed on the whole situation, but it seems as though this will probably boil down to them trying to get rid of the flow and saying they will comply with the agreement (by pulling out seats in a bunch of 70+ seaters). Or, them finding or creating an alternate flow program (maybe).
The first option leaves us without a flow. I don't even know how they can do the second.
I think if we were smart, we would "volunteer" to fly those 70 seaters (Maybe by giving a significant amount of Compass and Mesaba pilots seniority numbers) instead of trying to insist they park them all. Because, you are right, they are not going to park those airplanes.