It may not be nice for the few displaced off the 88, but the reality for the other 14,000 pilots is that we added captain positions that are senior to the ones we lost. The junior As in Atlanta were a short term anomaly driven by the closure of NYC that benefited a portion of the seniority list. ATL is returning to equilibrium.

We are adding more higher paying CA positions system wide then we are losing from parking MD88’s. The C series positions are icing on the cake. I am sure however if they are such a negative to the pilot group we could convince managent to have Delta connection fly them.

Edward H. Bastian Chief Executive Officer & Director, Delta Air Lines, Inc.

Well, I'll let Paul and Jill provide some of the detailed reconciliation of the numbers. Part of the increase is the higher completion factor that we're running above plan. That's a meaningful part of it.

But the other thing to think about when you're looking at our overall 3% capacity up, that's entirely gauge and stage-related. Departures actually are down for the full year. Our expectations are departures count will be down. And when you think within the industry, I think we're the only major – maybe the only airline out there that's got departures down.

So I think we're being very prudent as to how we're thinking about capacity. We are certainly outperforming the industry on revenue production and revenue productivity. And we also know that we've got to a big non-fuel CASM reduction plan that we are working heavily on and fleet is a big part of that too.

Can we wait to see how that plays out once all the 88s are actually gone?

And what's a C series?

Sadly it is not translating into highest profits with the price of fuel. You will see that on Feb 14th.

But dont we own the refinery?

I'm pretty sure owning a refinery is different than owning the ground the crude comes from. There is only so much you can control

Yes, it’s not turned out like we hoped.

[MENTION=8313]Mesabah[/MENTION] is right.

Fuel Speculators have been driving prices higher than actual value of supply increases.

This is why Pres. Trump is now considering releasing some oil from the SPR (strategic petroleum reserves).


Some of you can joke all you want but it’s facts. Read more & watch more Bloomberg TV/CNBC/Financial Times/Fox Business/CNN Money.

Oil speculators even more than OPEC (according to economists) are propping up oil prices, so much so OPEC is considering increasing production, because prices have risen much more quick than expected.

Don’t mock, get facts! Poster above is correct.