It's not the orders/RFPs that are problematic, necessarily. Tell us, sailing, what you think the mainline retirement plan will be. We'll take your number and multiply it by 7. That should keep us close to reality.

There is nowhere left to expand to. We've done gone and codeshared/JV'ed our international growth out of existence.

If ALPA gets its way, we'll outsource our heavy international growth, and take our Williston-MSP x15/day on the 717/739 for a COLA -1.2% contract (along with the usual givebacks, of course). Say it with me: "Obamacare exchange." And we'll like it.

Because "that's what the survey said" we wanted.

For MD 90 numbers, as of the official fleet count on April 1, 54 of a planned 65 were in service.

Which is why you as a union seek an exemption, like the IRS's own National Treasury Employees Union, NTEU. Otherwise you have to use negotiating capital to keep near status quo.

In 4 years, IMO, there will be less planes and less pilots, regardless of what some say is "going to happen".

Less planes and less pilots in all of the Delta system including DCI, yes.

Mainline, thankfully, is increasing both. (at the expense of DCI)

regardless of DCI's current short term plight

Is it really at their expense, or is it just the invertible correction after management went bonkers with RJs for years?

In other words - if their growth was at our expense, and now we are recapturing flying that used to be at mainline, is it at their expense?

Scoop

True. That's a major reason I voted no on C2012 as well- we were giving things up for something that was going to happen anyway. Mgmt has recently stated they only plan on having 100 CRJ-200s in the system, which is even less than both required and previously projected.

Wait....you mean they are going to park an additional 25 50 seaters without us giving up more large rjs? :confused:

And apparently going bonkers with 50 seaters was pretty smart after all....with our help they are using them as negotiating capital to ramp up outsourcing 2.0 with DC9 sized RJ's. Our union don't wanna fly dem small frys anyways....besides they feed our hubs which leads to huge mainline growth:rolleyes: