Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
I can tell you that the pilot that wrote this is a guy that will call balls and strikes fairly. He is super smart, and took a ton of time writing that piece. Plus, he is far from senior, and is one of the smartest guys I know. He gave an honest answer after pouring over all of the data.
I'm sure the guy that wrote the piece on the AS/DAL codeshare is very smart, as it is very well written and it appears that we are operating within the confines of the agreement. However, just at first glance my gut feeling was validated. DAL provides 5% to AS's bottom line and they provide 1% to ours. In my book that looks very lop-sided. They also carry almost double the amount of DAL customers than we carry AS passengers. This is great for the company and not great for me or you.
It appears to me that AS gets 5X's the good deal that we get from them (on the pilot's backs).
I also get tired of hearing how they feed our international flights. Let's see how many narrow body pilots we would add if we really made this codeshare fair. I'm sure W2 $$ would far exceed the number of widebody jobs benefiting from AS feed. Delta employs narrowbody pilots too you know!