Since no one has pointed this out and there was some confusion on it earlier:

This shows no net gain ER's coming out of the desert. The 10 international aircraft increase is the 10 772LR's that we took delivery of. That's it.

Also, the initial snapshot is from the beginning of 2007... before the economy went swirling around in the porcelain potty of the recession and numerous aircraft that are now parked were parked. I just hope we can get enough 90s to replace the aircraft that are being parked. We already know what the replacements to the DC-9-30's are, and we at mainline are not going to be flying them. No need to sugar coat that. Another benefit of failed foresight of small jet scope that is continuing to bite us (it's not that we want to keep looking at the past, slow... it's that it is continuing to screw us over and over again).

It looks like they are taking a more conservative approach and trying to catch up and fix our internal issues so we dont implode due to horrible CS, IT problems, and other issues. Not a bad thing... however aspirations of big bids, 748s, and huge amounts of widebody orders are nothing more than feel good thoughts. I'm sure they are being looked at and analyzed, but it won't make it beyond that for the foreseeable future.

80, out.