Rumor: UA looking to add 60 RJs
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I'll believe this one. As someone who's inclined to make his judgements based on things the company has recently said and done instead of being persuaded by events of a decade ago or more, I think this is a plausible rumor.
Kirby has said he wants to grow the hubs, and the way you do that is by feed. Feed from new markets, and new markets don't need a half filled 130 seater, they need projections of a 90% load 76 seater to avoid the potential financial burn if it doesn't work out. If one was to make a pitch to the union why it's good for them, you would need to show up to the table with actual metrics to discuss imo. Ie, we can acquire these airplanes by this date, it will cost this, we will open these routes, etc. I suspect said routes would all be markets we don't serve or currently underserve, and for competitive reasons the markets we already serve need frequency to be competitive rather than adding seats by throwing a mainline jet on it. Given that scope is maxed, but mgmt wants to grow now, the logical first step to address this with the union would be to open section 6 early. Oh wait, that just happened.
I believe Kirby has also said he wants scope relief so there's that too. Lol
Kirby has said he wants to grow the hubs, and the way you do that is by feed. Feed from new markets, and new markets don't need a half filled 130 seater, they need projections of a 90% load 76 seater to avoid the potential financial burn if it doesn't work out. If one was to make a pitch to the union why it's good for them, you would need to show up to the table with actual metrics to discuss imo. Ie, we can acquire these airplanes by this date, it will cost this, we will open these routes, etc. I suspect said routes would all be markets we don't serve or currently underserve, and for competitive reasons the markets we already serve need frequency to be competitive rather than adding seats by throwing a mainline jet on it. Given that scope is maxed, but mgmt wants to grow now, the logical first step to address this with the union would be to open section 6 early. Oh wait, that just happened.
I believe Kirby has also said he wants scope relief so there's that too. Lol
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