Originally Posted by BayAreaTrvler

There may an obvious answer to this, but it seems to me that AS is having difficulty meeting mainline demand even as it still has planes parked. I see several Airbus on the ground in OAK, for example, and I’m guessing there must be others parked as well. If they are parked awaiting the scrap heap, it seems like they’d be in the desert somewhere. Are they lacking pilots? Are they just ok running more lean than optimal as they await the influx of Max’s? Seems like they are ceding turf to others in the meantime that might be tough to regain.