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Hmmmmm - Delivery trucks you say.........
Well they actually need the delivery trucks...... at least until they agree on a pay-scale for the Osprey. And do you really think the trucks are outsourced labor??? When was the last time a 727 pulled into your driveway? Now the Caravans on the other hand...........
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Well they actually need the delivery trucks...... at least until they agree on a pay-scale for the Osprey. And do you really think the trucks are outsourced labor??? When was the last time a 727 pulled into your driveway? Now the Caravans on the other hand...........
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I responded to Carl because he said:
It's not BS man, that's exactly how I feel about my future at the Delta Ticket Brokerage Company. SWA and FDX actually want to run an operation with a proud brand, and only have their pilots take care of that brand. If I were younger, that factor alone would be my number 1 thought.
Now, it would be cool if a 727 could pull into my driveway for delivery's.
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FedEx customers are very much impacted by an operation that runs safely, on time, efficiently and smoothly. Pilots play a very large role in making that happen. When you go out to eat you rarely meet the chef, but you are always impacted by his or her work.
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Regardless of what the keyboard warriors say DL makes more money flying DL pax on DL jets when it makes economic sense but when it doesn't they will continue to find alternate means to gain extra pax/revenue. I know this is a very simplified explanation but DL will fly their airplanes where they make the most money. For the first time since deregulation I think DL has finally figured out how to consistently make money. A profitable company floats all boats and it's time for our share !
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When you see Chuck Giambusso, ask him how all this came to be.
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ASA has some good folks over there. If something like this were to happen I'd bet that Charlie Tutt and Fred L had something to do with it.
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I am by no means trying to belittle what the pilots of FedEx do. Yes, they absolutely impact the brand. I was just trying to expand the discussion point about the fact that FedEx does not rely 100% on it's pilots for their brand. I should have just stuck with the example of the caravans and all the metroliner's and other "outsourced" labor they use to fly their packages around. As far as I know, the only company that has a 100% scope clause is SWA.
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Maybe I'm wrong but the Legacy carriers hub and spoke systems combined with deregulation is the main reason the majors went to outsourcing. In the small feeder markets they couldn't at that time compete with start-up (think cheap money cheap gas) low cost carriers, SW on the other hand was a post deregulation point to point carrier that doesn't interline bags. Not a big incentive to outsource. Not saying it's good or bad just different business models. The economics are changing and I believe that outsourcing (RJ's) is a phase that has come and is in the process of going away (code share is here for awhile)
Regardless of what the keyboard warriors say DL makes more money flying DL pax on DL jets when it makes economic sense but when it doesn't they will continue to find alternate means to gain extra pax/revenue. I know this is a very simplified explanation but DL will fly their airplanes where they make the most money. For the first time since deregulation I think DL has finally figured out how to consistently make money. A profitable company floats all boats and it's time for our share !
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Finis;
Please explain to me "when it makes economic sense?"
If all you have to do is sell the ticket (on somebody else) to make money, I can't think of an example of where maintaining a giant infrastructure makes economic sense.
If DAL is in the ticket selling business only, which I believe they think they are, we DAL pilots are just obsolete without MUCH STRONGER SCOPE.
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Finis;
Please explain to me "when it makes economic sense?"
If all you have to do is sell the ticket (on somebody else) to make money, I can't think of an example of where maintaining a giant infrastructure makes economic sense.
If DAL is in the ticket selling business only, which I believe they think they are, we DAL pilots are just obsolete without MUCH STRONGER SCOPE.
Please explain to me "when it makes economic sense?"
If all you have to do is sell the ticket (on somebody else) to make money, I can't think of an example of where maintaining a giant infrastructure makes economic sense.
If DAL is in the ticket selling business only, which I believe they think they are, we DAL pilots are just obsolete without MUCH STRONGER SCOPE.
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