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Originally Posted by Bill Lumberg (Post 1227703)

Some of our current 737 FOs will be 717 Capts then, making an extra $70 an hour. How much of a raise is that? 30 MD90s will replace the 17 current DC9-50s, and by the end of 2015 we will have 88 717s that will pay $195 an hour for the Capt by then. Say it won't happen. SAY IT!!!!! (in Van Damme voice during Kumite ending in the movie "Bloodsport")

Say 2% loss from reduced profit sharing, so no, it's not 20%. Water under the bridge, but you brought it up. It passed, we're moving on, but don't rewrite history.

Do we know yet which DCI carriers will be getting the 70 76-seaters?

I'd assume it wouldn't be an E-Jet operator so that takes out Shuttle and Compass. Leaves Skywest/ASA, Comair, Pinnacle and GoJet?

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Originally Posted by forgot to bid (Post 1228318)

I'm pretty sure SkyWest showed their cards today and they won't be a DCI operator in 2017...

I'd imagine SkyWest will now provide more money for Parker to help bankroll the USAirways AMR tie-up in exchange for the lions share of the Jumbo RJ outsourcing at the combined carrier...

Cheers
George

Nevermind.. HTML challenged.

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Originally Posted by SailorJerry (Post 1228001)

In either case these aircraft will never wear the Delta livery. Period.

I'd bet you $130 that you're wrong, but I don't want to get on the wrong side of T. However...

IF... this airplane is actually certified, and

IF... SKW actually takes delivery of it, and

IF... Delta wants it to be flown at the connection level.

Then, you will see those aircraft on a ramp near you, painted in Delta colors, flying our passengers. Unless, of course, ALPA steps up and... well, nevermind....

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Originally Posted by gloopy (Post 1228167)

We make more than that in profit before lunchtime in one day. Not to mention it'll probably get reduced significantly anyway.

Doesn't make it any less of an onerous abuse of bureaucratic power.

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Originally Posted by FmrFreightDog (Post 1228361)

Doesn't make it any less of an onerous abuse of bureaucratic power.

Give an inch and they'll take a mile. If an airline is letting these "little things" go, where else are they cutting corners?

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Originally Posted by Jesse (Post 1228311)

Say 2% loss from reduced profit sharing, so no, it's not 20%. Water under the bridge, but you brought it up. It passed, we're moving on, but don't rewrite history.

Profit sharing rises to 20% if DL makes over $2.5 billion per year. We go from 15% to 20% for the pilots.

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Originally Posted by Bill Lumberg (Post 1228394)

Profit sharing rises to 20% if DL makes over $2.5 billion per year. We go from 15% to 20% for the pilots.

of the amount over $2.5 billion.

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Originally Posted by georgetg (Post 1228340)

Well, I have a couple of thinking thoughts.

Now we see what the problem with the C-Series is. They didn't design an E75 size variant. They did an Apple and built the product they wanted but forgot the part where the product still has to be something people would buy. If there was a 70-95 seat version of the C-Series I bet Skywest would've bought it.

See inho if youre going to design a jet like the C-Series today you need to design it as a scope buster. An airplane that economically still fits inside a scope clause like the MRJ, E75 and CR9 but at the drop of a hat it can sit so many more. Then build a 130 seat version of the same plane. That'd give you a distinc advantage over any A&B offering.

Now the MRJ can pull that scope clause trick, Embraer can still do it too, but ot sure if Bombardier can or not. Kind of hope not because I'd love for their not to be a question as to where the super cool C-Series belongs.

I think we're going to miss when RJs were just 50 seaters.