Originally Posted by
contrails
I agree, I'd say no too -- they could just get the C series without all the 70/76 seat wheeling and dealing if the plane is needed that badly.
Just because C series is being added in this hypothetical situation, doesn't negate scope erosion at the other end. Besides, just imagine the parked DC-9s as those C series planes. Then it really doesn't sound like a good deal at all. That's because . . . it's not.
Once again someone has not read the post. The total fleet numbers would have to increase by the C series numbers. They could not park other aircraft unless they also replaced those in addition to the 100 C series aircraft. The DC-9's will be long gone before Delta could get their first C series anyway if they get the other two blocks of MD90's they are looking at.
If however a proposal like what I posted was put to memory ratification it would pass with the highest margin of any other memrat. The company gets 120 extra seats at DCI and we get 10,000 to 12,000 new seats at the mainline and 500 to 700 new captains jobs depending on how much work rule restoration we get in the contract.
Once again however its all hypothetical. The company does not want a 100 seater and the mainline and wont expend any real effort to secure the aircraft at DCI. They do want a new 150 seater but are willing to wait until after 2020 for delivery again dependent on how many MD-90's they can get.