How Will Bankrupcy Affect Mda Classes

[luvn737s]

Lemmie correct you on a few things. jetBlue is not a "maybey" with the EJets, they are a 100 firm order positive on the EJet, and like I mentioned, already have a E190 Simulator built by CAE sitting in YUL. That is no small gesture, it is a multi-million dollar commitment to flying the EJets.

They still have yet to show $1 in profit from them, hence the "maybe".

Oh, and BTW, Southwest has also been seriously studying the EJet as well for their operations. But then you would rather believe that they are "unwilling", right? OK, I will leave you to your little fantasy. and not link you to the article and digital image of a SWA E-190, lol.

Well, their serious study has yet to produce 1 order and Rj's have been in the air for over 15 years now. I think the" Provide a product that builds a market and use the airplane that meets that need" seems to have worked pretty well, no?


Why did the US Airways Shuttle (and DAL Shuttle) shift from larger aircraft into smaller aircraft? (US A320 to A319) Because the average load factors did not justify the larger aircraft all day long, did they?

Oh, no. Don't start with the shuttle. I'll give you the gen-x attention span version of Shuttle 101. Eastern made money (lots of it) by flying airplanes they already owned (Connies, Electras, DC-9's) in ultra-high frequency for ultra high fares. An RJ would be the polar opposite of this strategy unless you had screwed the simple concept up so bad you were trying to avoid losing your shirt.

I'm not emotional about this at all, but I am frustrated by the pain US workers are going through while pursuing a failure-prone strategy.

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[BoeingBoy]

Rico,

As you probably know, I've never disagreed that smaller planes have a place. As I've said, the key is to size the plane to the market and not to try to size the market to the plane. Market can also include time of day variations.

What I see happening is using the smaller planes in markets that should support larger airplanes (PHL-IAH, PHL-ATL, for example). It's my belief that this is because the only additional planes being delivered are the smaller ones. With a static "mainline" fleet, to add p2p service a plane has to come from somewhere and markets like these are where the replacement happens. That's what I call making the market fit the plane.

The jury is still out on whether an airline can be competitive with the LCC's and fly smaller planes with higher unit costs. The JBlue and I-Air experiments will be interesting to watch. Of course, we could keep the unit costs down the way we are now at MDA - by using very low employee compensation to offset the higher unit costs of the plane. Whether that is something we employees should be cheering is another question, however.

Jim