Don't be so sure the 50 seat contracts are safe...anywhere. Delta is paying huge 'fines' for this flying in the form of seat costs upwards of 15 cents/mile. I think they will pay the penalties associated with breaking the contracts to dump these. The 700/900 costs are fairly close to the 757 (I...
I think it's ridiculous to consider a completely new solution inside of a new, joint contract. Period. There, I said it. Why? Because we will not have the opportunity to fix the flaws (and there will be flaws) until the next contract. Either take the existing ASA PBS solution and attempt to make...
GL has a history of flipping on this issue, he already made this statement once before in 2006...
"Scope is HUGE and we won't budge. We have at least 51% that would vote NO on any increase in size of RJ for DCI.
Bye Bye--General Lee"
Come on General, don't do it again!!!!
Why in the world would we opt for some completely new system in a joint contract? That would be idiotic. Either take our existing PBS and tweak it or take the existing line bidding system from Expressjet and tweak. Anything else is asking for trouble. Never switch bidding systems in a contract...
Here's where it gets fun. Most mainline partners have been pushing for short term agreements (2-3 years etc). Aircraft leases come in 15-20 year flavors. Skywest won't commit to a 15-20 year lease on a new replacement aircraft if Delta is only going to give them a 3 year deal on it. If they're...
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