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Old 02-04-2012 | 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by The Cavalier
I frankly don't care what DCI pilots think. They should board behind DAL employees on all Delta brand flights. Furthermore, explain to me how a bunch of empty seats are good for employees of an airline again?
Not a bunch, but enough to get most of the 60% or so of commuters across the industry to work and back. That's just a reality of the industry. Besides, even if everyone lived in base (never going to happen) 100% load factors actually harm an airline. One flight cancels and that city pair is trashed for the rest of the day or more. One storm rolls through for a couple hours and the operation takes a week or more to recover.