On January 1, 2013 DAL gets a raise and you wouldn't until 2014.

 

He's a RJ right seater (or he plays one on VATSIM). He knows everything.

 

Well, even if they didn't ask that would still make untied wrong.

 

Your logic in this statement is perplexing. When I supported Obama during the election and used his points during online discussions does that mean I should run for POTUS? Telling a line pilot that their logic regarding scope is flawed is a far cry from me declaring that I can run an airline better than the present management.

Good find on the mainline RJs. A near bankrupt SAS and a very small LOT Polish Airlines which is basically an RJ operation with a handful of 737s and 767s(being replaced by 787) certainly is the definition of a trend in global legacy Airline economics

 

True... they arent 90 seat airplanes no matter how much he tries to make them. By that logic, the 744 is a 500+ seat airliner while we run them around with 370 or so.

Just because management can put more seats in them, doesn't mean they will. The "70" seat CRJs at DL are equipped with 65 seats... the airlines have realized the value of a premium product instead of packing as many seats as possible in the "RJs." (transcons are now regional flying if they are still RJs).

I still think that a viable economic argument could be made for the jumbo RJs at mainline, though... no matter how much steam our resident RJ know-it-all can blow out of his ears.

The only argument that I heard from our rep was that they didn't want them at mainline if it couldnt support a mainline pay rate. My bloodpressure still rises over that one.

 

You need to go check out the manufacturers web site bud.

Advertised as a 90 seater.

If it makes you feel better to call it a 76 seater....go ahead and keep kidding yourself.

Did you hear about Bombardier's new slogan??

"The CRJ-900....Making outsourcing profitable again!"

 

You are correct. But current book allows unlimited 70 seaters, which are also configured with a First Class, AND about 22% growth in block hours. This TA allows 76 seaters but only about 8% growth in block hours. AND the TA caps the 70+76 seaters (including the Qs) at 255 unless they buy mainline 100 seaters, no such cap under current book. I think it's better.

Sled

 

Not sure which status reps you asked, but the info I've received, from high ups, has been very consistent; the company was asking for 82 seats, ALPA made it clear that wasn't going to happen. The fact that the company wanted to "optimize" the airframe with greater than 76 seats, shouldn't be a surprise. Of course they did.

 

The 82 seat story didn't start until after the sales job began.

 

And exactly when was that? The company wanted to add seats, that should really come as no surprise to you.