Originally Posted by
johnso29
Lots of RJ CA's get paid much more then 60K. Some regional FO's who work the contract make that. In my single year as an RJ CA I made 75K, on 3rd year longevity. Many regional CA's are in the 7-10+ year longevity range. Outsourcing to regionals costs more because contracts often require the Major to pay for fuel, gates, mx, training costs, etc. This makes the contract expensive.
A simple codeshare does not cost those things. Outsourcing to Volaris saves SWA $$$. Just like how they outsource their heavy MX to San Salvador. They don't need to spend money on route authority, gates, gate agents, or ground personnel. They don't even have to pay outsourced ground handling, because it isn't their flight.
OK, you've adequately explained how this code share is different than our DCI contracts, and that it
might be saving SWA money. But it doesn't address the time problem associated with getting your own route authority and gates, etc. If SWA is still using this code share and not their own equipment in another year or two, then you'll be right. My bet is that they won't. We'll see.
Carl