Originally Posted by
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The last time I went through MSP, this airplane flew a lot of passengers out of Gate 3, from there to Seattle, Washington, with the help of Delta agents, ground crew, and Delta everything else. I've flown this route before with DC-10's and 757's. What is this?
THIS IS A SCOPE FAILURE AND OFFENDS ME JUST AS MUCH AS RAH.
IMO, our scope is being eroded from ALL sides.
Why is this not being addressed?
Today, Delta is flying 3 757-300's and 2 757's from MSP to SEA. Some of those aircraft will fly with the Alaska code on it. If you are going to have a code share then both sides are going to have to have some benefits. Why would Alaska management or the Alaska pilots ever agree to a deal where Delta gets to "own" flying in their hubs, but Alaska doesn't get to "own" flying in their hubs.
Using your analogy, the Alaska pilots should be offended by all those A-330's and 767's flying out of their hub in Seattle.
If Delta did not have a code share, what is the chance that Alaska would not fly from MSP to SEA? We don't have a code share with American and I see them flying from MSP to DFW, ORD, and other hubs. Is that a Scope Failure?