Bloomberg: DAL buys 40 CRJ900s

[FDJ2]

I hope you're right. Because we're all tired of delays in career progression. The unconfirmed word is though, that DAL has already asked us to delay the transfers of fifty-seaters.

In which case DAL would have to delay adding 76 seaters. Before DAL can add a single 76-seat RJ to DCI, they have to add 1.25 B717s to the mainline, then they can add one 76-seat aircraft , but have to park between 2.7 and 4.6 50-seat aircraft for each 76-seat aircraft. At the end of the day, mainline will get 88 B717s, DCI 70 76-seat aircraft, but DCI will park a minimum of 218 50-seat aircraft. Word is, that DAL may have a deal to park more 50-seaters then that.

 

[bri5150]

In which case DAL would have to delay adding 76 seaters. Before DAL can add a single 76-seat RJ to DCI, they have to add 1.25 B717s to the mainline, then they can add one 76-seat aircraft , but have to park between 2.7 and 4.6 50-seat aircraft for each 76-seat aircraft. At the end of the day, mainline will get 88 B717s, DCI 70 76-seat aircraft, but DCI will park a minimum of 218 50-seat aircraft. Word is, that DAL may have a deal to park more 50-seaters then that.

And the fact they may park more is proof that the new Delta contract had nothing to do with parking them to begin with. The only thing it did that wasn't going to be done before is add more 76 seaters. If Delta wanted 717's, they would have just done that too.

 

[list2002]

Yup, here at UAL it seems the majority are just chomping at the bit to vote YES on an industry defining TA in all the wrong places. Sadly some point their finger at DAL, glass houses. Our TA gives up more than DAL's did with NONE of the rewards. We aren't even sell outs, we just give it away. That being said it's not done yet, but I feel that the YES voters may have this one.

 

[FDJ2]

And the fact they may park more is proof that the new Delta contract had nothing to do with parking them to begin with. The only thing it did that wasn't going to be done before is add more 76 seaters. If Delta wanted 717's, they would have just done that too.

That's an incorrect assumption. If DAL were able to park a dozen or so additional 50-seat aircraft, above and beyond the 218, does not prove that they could have parked the original 218 to begin with, possibly just a couple dozen, but not 218.

Also, absent the accelerated parking of 50-seat aircraft, there would have been no need for 88 B717s, since Delta would not need to back fill lost DCI lift, with mainline lift.

Additionally, without the TA, there wouldn't have been a mainline to DCI block hour ratio, which prevents the 717s from being replacement jets, or hard caps on DCI aircraft. And finally, with a projected mainline fleet of 796 airframes by the end of 2015, up from about 720 today, Delta could have put 240 76-seat jets into service at DCI, but will now be limited to 223.

All in, the TA creates, over a 3 year period, approximately 1,000 additional mainline jobs.