frozenboxhauler

When will the callsign change take place?
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Avroman

OK, I can live with that, how about wholly owneds compared to "other contracted lift"? Should that be an in between priority or treated all the same (DOH)?

buzzpat

After SOC (single operating certificate). Then, we will own the world!

cessna126

Delta and Comair travel on eachother using S3 and DOH. Non-wholly owned travel as S3C FNWA as S3D Buddies as S4. When on a non-wholly owned Comair and Delta travel as S3C. So a 2 year Comair FO can bump a 1 year Delta FO off of a Comair or Delta flight.

AV8ER13

Actually since DAL is running us...I guess that would be DAL abusing employees!

Ferd149

Yes, but Southwest will still push in front of us (without clearance in some cases). I keep looking for their death star...........use the force young buzz

DublinFlyer

I saw the "DAL" 747 in Detroit the other day. I had to stop and take a picture of it. Such a pretty airplane, but I thought the word "DELTA" was a bit small for that airplane! haha

One thing I did notice was that all the NW branding on the jetways was already displaying Delta. I park at the new concourse, but that's what it looked like to me from the distance. They are doing this quick!!!

Sniper

Yes, in the cabin. In this case, "Delta Airlines" has contracted with "Mesaba Airlines" to provide feed to "Delta Airlines". Delta has purchased the capacity of the aircraft (all of the seats in the cabin, as well as all the cargo bin space) in the service of operating "Delta Airlines" for their passengers, "Delta Airlines" passengers, not "Mesaba Airlines" passengers. Delta sells the tickets to the passengers, checks the bags, and uses the resources of "Delta" to get the passenger from point A to B. If Mesaba does the task well, who gets the praise - Delta. Delta also takes the fall when a complaint is filed. If Mesaba was just codesharing with Delta, then that's a different story - but that's not the way it is set up. Delta does all the logistics, and Mesaba just provides the lift.

That's why mainline non-rev's get on the aircraft first in the industry, no matter their seniority (usually, there's always the exception). The rights to the cabin seats are 'owned' by the mainline carrier, and are thus subject to mainline's non-rev policy, which, of course, treats their own employees with a higher priority than those employees who work for a contractor (WO'd are a mix of the two, an owned contractor). The crew seats (jumpseat, extra FA jumpseats, etc) are not part of the capacity purchase, and are subject to the rules of the operator of the flight, hence mainline will not get priority unless they are operating the flight.

The Delta/Northwest thing with flight #'s - someone sitting behind a desk probably ginned it up on a napkin. There's no rhyme or reason to it, or so it seems.

Nobody likes to get bumped off an airplane, so there's always a logic why they should have got on before the passenger that bumped them.