Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
03-04-2011, 10:04 AM
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Heyas,
The problem with DCI is that the costs there wouldnt just have to escalate past mainline costs, but go way beyond. Outsourcing today is like low fares at SWA, it's just assumed to be a given as a good deal unless some really sits down and takes a sharp pencil to it.
There are a lot of intangibles that would br good if DAL took that flying in house. If RA announced tomorrow that they'd placed an order for 76-100 seaters, and would insource all that flying over a 5 year period, he would own the pilot group...especially the junior half, and would probably roll into section 6 with a lot of goodwill.
Nu
The problem with DCI is that the costs there wouldnt just have to escalate past mainline costs, but go way beyond. Outsourcing today is like low fares at SWA, it's just assumed to be a given as a good deal unless some really sits down and takes a sharp pencil to it.
There are a lot of intangibles that would br good if DAL took that flying in house. If RA announced tomorrow that they'd placed an order for 76-100 seaters, and would insource all that flying over a 5 year period, he would own the pilot group...especially the junior half, and would probably roll into section 6 with a lot of goodwill.
Nu
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Heyas,
The problem with DCI is that the costs there wouldnt just have to escalate past mainline costs, but go way beyond. Outsourcing today is like low fares at SWA, it's just assumed to be a given as a good deal unless some really sits down and takes a sharp pencil to it.
There are a lot of intangibles that would br good if DAL took that flying in house. If RA announced tomorrow that they'd placed an order for 76-100 seaters, and would insource all that flying over a 5 year period, he would own the pilot group...especially the junior half, and would probably roll into section 6 with a lot of goodwill.
Nu
The problem with DCI is that the costs there wouldnt just have to escalate past mainline costs, but go way beyond. Outsourcing today is like low fares at SWA, it's just assumed to be a given as a good deal unless some really sits down and takes a sharp pencil to it.
There are a lot of intangibles that would br good if DAL took that flying in house. If RA announced tomorrow that they'd placed an order for 76-100 seaters, and would insource all that flying over a 5 year period, he would own the pilot group...especially the junior half, and would probably roll into section 6 with a lot of goodwill.
Nu
In the interim, you know, if you were trying to win the section 6 game, order 15 E175s, take delivery of 5 through 2013. Train some pilots. Sign the contract with all of the goodwill and then send the planes to DCI. Evil yes. I'm evil. I need to go repent.
That said, I never understood the CEOs and Boards who don't get that instead of posturing that some take against their pilots to show they mean business and they'll fight to the death when we all know that's not in their interest anyways. I'm not talking about today's Delta, I'm talking about looking across the system to say the Trans States' of the industry.
Really, what they should do is exactly what you said Nu, spend a dime and save a dollar by breaking the hostility. Not breaking the union but breaking the hostility. If they experimented with a few E-Jets at DAL like AAI did with 320s, it'd be interesting to see how that'd go down.
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