I highly doubt that, & considering the # of 50 seaters removed from Delta's DCI fleet in the last 1.5 years it's even less probable.

Where do you come up with this crap? Have you ever talked to Moak? Have you been to any LEC or any ALPA event or meeting?
Throwing wild accusations around is like me walking into your cockpit and saying you are a **** poor pilot all b/c I had a bad experience in the previous leg of my trip.

Yup. It's going to get real ugly for the regionals. If people thought they were undercutting now, just wait. Why do you think Bedford is steering RAH to the road of independence?(Although I hope they blow a tire & run off into the canyon exploding on impact)

Delta actually has already done an agreement of the future. A few years ago they did a pro-rate at risk contract with ExpressJet for DCI flying out of LAX. XE was responsible for their own fuel, & if the route made $$$ so did XE. But if the route lost $$$, so did ExpressJet.

Needless to say, the agreement was mutually terminated in less then 2 years. The regional gravy train is reaching the end of the tracks.

You mean I am not the only guy with this flu thingy?

Correct, the only quid on this is that the regionals may try to play hard ball with airlines like DAL. Knowing that to keep their feed intact they need the lift. It will be a game, and the good thing for Ma Delta is that there are plenty of takers.

At risk flying will destroy the regionals. Airlines like ASA are trying to implement PBS just to get them close to their DOS+5 contractual resets. This year will prove very interesting for those that are up against that.

Seems like half of DAL is coming down with it. I know 10 guys that are alternating between sitting and standing in front of Ma Porcelain! :eek:

No bus driving for me... thank goodness.

Buried in the press release for the RAH C series order is the exclusive rights to all GTF warranty service rights to RAH for the next 15 years. If Boeing and Airbus put that thing on their next gen airplanes RAH will be sitting pretty. This is the same reason nwa bought the 787, it was a crap airplane but they were going for the exclusive maintenance rights for the plane, funny how when that deal fell through the plane was shelved for 777s.

That alone will probably scrap the airplane. No I am not kidding.

RAH is not known for their mtc as it is outsourced, so it will just be a shell game.

I dont have the flu but my family and I all came down with the nasty cough, sinus pressure, and drainage crud. My house is full of fun right now...:eek: