Delta to Replace RJ's with mainline jets for new growth.

[General Lee]

Once the SLI is done there will undoubtedly be another memo which will begin with, " Do to the state of the economy and the global recession...." Bye bye to a whole bunch of domestic narrow body aircraft, pullback of international growth and furloughs. And you guys will act surprised.

Are you on reserve yet? You will be, for a long time Jon. Your flying is shrinking, and you have missed the boat with the legacies. Go for Southwest AGAIN, if they hire next year.


Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[General Lee]

Skywest does more then 2x the flying for Delta then Delta does for itself domestically and 5x internationally out of SLC. Wonder what and how much Delta will eventually take back.

http://www.slcairport.com/pdf/schedule/SLC_Domestic_nonstop_Sep08.pdf

http://www.slcairport.com/pdf/schedule/SLC_Intl_nonstop_Sep08.pdf

Hopefully a lot of your Montana flying will go back to Delta. After getting rid of the 737-300s, they really didn't have a plane that could do it profitably, but bringing NWA A319s back into SLC will hopefully solve that, and maybe another 100 seater type that could do it too. (not the CRJ1000 either) You guys need to be going to places like Lewiston and Redmond, and stay out of the Major cities up there that probably could support a mainline plane (like DL did in the late 90s anyway).


Bye Bye--General Lee