Originally Posted by
johnso29
Yeah, but 50 seaters are being parked because they are inefficient & expensive. Not because he negotiated them out.
Yes, large RJs are capped with multiple layers of scope/furlough protection which I think he did a good job with.
True, but you have to go back to my original statement, the one DAL88 quoted, to understand the context. I wasn't making the point that all RJ reductions are attributable to LM, I was saying that the quote that is often attributed to him about the 50-seaters is not stupid. Which you're confirming: the 50-seaters
are taking themselves out. And we have finally reached the cap on the 70-76 seaters.
We're actually saying the same thing.
"...I think LM is often taken for a fool on scope issues, and people attribute to thim statements about the RJ's taking themselves out of existence. But maybe it's not so stupid. And we certainly have not seen an increase in RJ's under his tenure, contractual or actual..."