........Including the goal of weeding out the TWA folk....(as planned). Walter DCA ----- Original Message ----- From: "RT Simpson" <BraniffIntl@aol.com> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> > In a message dated 1/16/02 9:21:41 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > Kurt.Reinbold@wcom.com writes: > > > > 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. > > I think there are three issues: capacity, fleet commonality and payroll. > It's a slam dunk for AMR to say goodbye to the B717 and accomplish their > goals. > > RT Simpson > Phoenix