Originally Posted by
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So Delta pilot flying has increased or Delta 737 pilot flying increased? It's the substitution by Alaska that I find most pertinent. A ER, 330, 744 flying is not the concern. If pilot flying out of LAX has increased but not NB domestic flying then I am concerned.
I can see 737 pilot staffing has increased what, 6 total pilots or so from one staffing report to the next but we've got plenty of Buzzpats that once held lines that are now on reserve.
I'm missing your logic here. You acknowledge that total Delta flying has gone up, but you're concerned about allocation of 737 time? Yet you point out that staffing in that category has actually gone up?
Similar story in SEA. We've doubled the size of the pilot base there, and opened a new 7ER base.
The point is we aren't losing flying because of Alaska. We've gained flying. The history lookback is to remind folks that when any airline without a compelling competitive advantage has tried to dominate LAX, they've ultimately lost flying. I believe that history (and marketing's numbers) would show that without the Alaska codeshare there would be even fewer LAX 73N departures and fewer Delta pilot jobs overall.