Originally Posted by
Wasatch Phantom
If the flight goes out empty the DCI carrier gets paid the same as if it goes out full. Delta assumes all the risks. They have paid for the use of that aircraft.
To me the concept that a DCI pilot would take precedence over a Delta pilot for the jumpseat on an aircraft for which Delta is paying is totally absurd. Similarly, I believe all Delta non-revs should have higher priority that the DCI carrier's employees, retirees, etc.
True all.
Without the Delta pilot, there would be no DCI pilot. Delta, and by extension, the Delta pilot, is on the hook for the risks.
If the ticket is sold as a Delta flight, the Delta pilot rates at least equal priority to the DCI pilot on DCI metal (some owned by Delta anyway). After all, the ticket isn't sold as a Comair, Pinnacle, Republic, SkyWest, etc. flight, is it?