Originally Posted by DAL4EVER

This may have been discussed earlier but has anyone thought of the ramifications of the new rest requirements on the regionals and then that impact to Delta. I know Pinnacle which has around 140 aircraft flying under the DAL banner routinely schedules a large percentage of overnights for reduced (<9 hours) rest. With the other requirements, I'm curious what the staffing requirements will be once this is implemented. Further, is this considered a pass through cost that DAL will have to absorb? I don't know how the Air Service Agreements read for the 9 or so carriers we have but this could cost us a pretty penny to the tune of a couple of hundred million dollars.