Originally Posted by OOfff (Post 2667106)

Pay>time card

Originally Posted by Baradium (Post 2665923)

They really really want them gone. I believe both companies are well below their allowable number of 50 seaters by scope.



The 50 seaters are planes the company doesn't want. We aren't even at the number of 50 seat airframes allowed. Using airframes the company is already parking to allow them to get airframes they want anyway is foolish on our part, and yes, it is a scope give. 76 seaters in the first place was a give and every additional one is a give too. If it wasn't a give, why would the company want it?



Airframes aren't replaced based on a fleet seat count.




It was not scope recapture. It was giving the company something they wanted in exchange for us "getting" something the company already wanted I the first place.

By your logic, E195s at DCI would be acceptable if total seat count went down. We don't operate them as a mainline airplane after all.

Originally Posted by JamesBond (Post 2667425)

Any negotiating capital spent on reducing 50 seaters is a complete waste of money. Period. I have said that for years and it is still true.

Originally Posted by JamesBond (Post 2667425)

Any negotiating capital spent on reducing 50 seaters is a complete waste of money. Period. I have said that for years and it is still true.

Originally Posted by Mesabah (Post 2667565)

We have 42 CRJ 200s, no contract, and I believe Skywest has 87, 26 of which are at risk flying, the others there, appear to be off contract by the end of next year. The last we heard, Delta plans to keep the 200's flying through 2022.

Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 2667559)

If we allowed the company unlimited 50 seaters I have no doubt there would be more than 125 of them flying for Delta today.

Originally Posted by JamesBond (Post 2668143)

That's your opinion.

But OK, I'll play. 125 < unlimited. They are not (apparently) flying all 125 they are allowed. Why would "unlimited" change that equation?

Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 2668205)

As of the 2Q report ending 30 Jun 2018 Delta was operating 128 50 seaters. Total system RJ’s 453 so they were 3 over the limit.

Originally Posted by DoubleTrouble (Post 2668213)

Interesting that the MEC has not informed us that management seems to be out of compliance.

As to the discussion of numbers of 50 seaters: I definitely believe we needed a limit or management certainly would have bought more, but management is no longer in love the small RJ and looking to get rid of them whenever they can without spending $$ they don’t need to spend.