Originally Posted by
dave1013
My little birdies are chirping about an equipment upgauge next month ... in light of the operational issues. Stay tuned.
Makes sense on the surface, but would DL risk their "100 days of no (mainline) cancellations" metric by sending a 738 to JNU in the winter? It's also my understanding that the E-jets have the same navigational limitations as the CR7, however on the flip side they have enough range to circle for a while or pop up to ANC. The CR7 is really range limited on a route of that length if the weather is marginal.
Good on DL for at least (supposedly) recognizing that the CR7 isn't the right plane for that route in the winter and that it's only going to get worse.