USAir stated they were accelerating the retirement of their F100 fleet, about 40 planes. Why doesn't AA pickup some/all of USAir's F100s to replace the B717? Acquiring the F100s were part of the UA/US divestiture proposal. kr -----Original Message----- From: Bahadir Acuner [mailto:bahadiracuner@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 4:28 PM To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU Subject: Re: Not Good News For B717 Fans Let's not forget that AirTran has 50 firm orders and 50 options. Ok, I admit, I don't want to see B717 go and I am in self denial :) BAHA Fan of Md95 staying in the business -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of RT Simpson Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 8:40 AM To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU Subject: Not Good News For B717 Fans In a message dated 1/16/02 9:22:40 AM US Mountain Standard Time, psa188@juno.com writes: > It also said it was speeding up the retirement of its fleet > of Boeing (news/quote) 717 100-seater aircraft to this June > under an agreement with Boeing Co. (BA.N). AMR said last > week it was considering the move as part of a longer-term > program to save training and maintenance costs by flying a > limited number of plane types. So if all these 717s are going back to Boeing in the next six months, why do they need to keep Long Beach's 1.5 units per month going? The most likely domestic carrier for the 717 (Midwest Express) doesn't need this quantity and have some rather pressing labor issues to resolve. RT Simpson Phoenix