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02-01-2015, 09:23 AM
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02-01-2015, 09:41 AM
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02-01-2015, 09:46 AM
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Man...me too! My son has been traveling on the yield fare without us for years! Hope I've been doing it correctly.
You don't have to accompany them, right? My 25yr. old daughter travels alone on yield fares all the time.
I thought the Yield Fare is for your family members (kids) who have aged out of their normal (S3 or S2) passes?
The Yield fares are cheaper than the buddy passes, and come up as S3B, vs. S4 for the buddy pass.
I thought the Yield Fare is for your family members (kids) who have aged out of their normal (S3 or S2) passes?
The Yield fares are cheaper than the buddy passes, and come up as S3B, vs. S4 for the buddy pass.
02-01-2015, 09:46 AM
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OK, splash. Time for a credibility check. What percentage of the dues we pay, and send to ALPA national, actually make it back to be used by the Delta pilot group?
02-01-2015, 10:14 AM
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There appears to be a fair amount of 717 flying out of LAX this summer. LAS, PDX, SFO all have several flights per day. I'm not seeing any flights to these airports from anywhere else on the 717. ... in other words, how do they plan to get the AC and crews there from the current bases unless they are either A. deadheading or B. Opening a new category...
It might take quite a bit of flying out west before a base could be justified.
02-01-2015, 10:25 AM
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What's the status of the LAX-PVG flight?
02-01-2015, 10:30 AM
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Compass ran a sizeable operation out of LAX for a year before a crew base opened. Very similar scenario. The airplanes came from MSP/DTW and went out west in a similar manner to the stuff that is loaded for the 717 so far.
It might take quite a bit of flying out west before a base could be justified.
It might take quite a bit of flying out west before a base could be justified.
02-01-2015, 10:34 AM
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[QUOTE=eruption;1816772]Man...me too! My son has been traveling on the yield fare without us for years! Hope I've been doing it correctly.[/QUOTE
After reading all I can on DeltaNet, still clear as mud?
After reading all I can on DeltaNet, still clear as mud?
02-01-2015, 10:37 AM
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02-01-2015, 11:22 AM
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I'm sure they did, but in four months, there will be at least 16 717 departures per day from LAX. The one airplane and crew arriving in the evening after a 5 leg day won't be able to cover that. I'm not sure if Compass had a TDY arrangement or used outstation basing, but we have provisions for neither here at Delta. If this is the schedule they intend to fly, they'll need to DH in crews and preposition aircraft to do it. Not unlike what they did in NY while they got that spooled up. The difference now is that there are already a lot of people qualified on the aircraft, who might well bid it. They could have it up and running very rapidly and I think they know it. I'd be looking for this on the next bid.
LAX or SEA could very well become a pilot base in time, but I don't think 16 departures a day is enough to justify it. If it sticks, and increases over time, then fo sho.
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