Originally Posted by
paxhauler85
So the DCI guy who is commuting home for one of his 11 days at home with his wife and kids (a guy who is pulling the same oar you are for Delta) would miss his commute while the 73 year-old retired reservations agent gets on the flight to ATL to play bridge for 2 days?
Give me a break. You can't sell off regional flying to contractors (for your own raise) and then treat the same people like third class citizens. It's not our fault DL decided to contract out work it could do itself to 15 other companies.
I could entertain leisure travel working that way, but commuters would have to have priority or just keep the system status quo.
I also don't want to see the priority on our own metal change. Perhaps a deal where DCI pilots have a 10 day window to reserve the Jumpseat, and then within 24 hours, DL guys can reserve it. FedEx uses that system, and it seems to work.
Pax,
Delta does a fair amount of charter work for various sports teams. The chartering organization pays for the aircraft, the fuel, the crew, the maintenance, etc (not unlike Delta paying for all the DCI costs and in some cases Delta even owns the aircraft).
However Delta pilots (or other employees) don't get to ride on the chartered aircraft at all, unless they are working the flight. No jumpseaters, no non-revs, no nothin'.
I just can't conceive of say walking up to a charter for the LA Lakers and saying "I'm a Delta employee and I'm going to ride on this airplane and so Kobe Bryant's wife/girlfriend can't go (I'm assuming she's not a Laker's employee).
How do you think that would go over?