Originally Posted by
TheManager
Interesting. Recently listened to a base ALPA rep explain that we should not be focused on this above. Instead of using the metric outlined in the agreement, EASK for passenger and freight, he claimed that we should focus on the block hours.
His next claim was that we are way ahead in block hours as compared to the Atlantic JV partners to the tune of 68% done by Delta. Unbelievable the spin, but 100% true.
A lot of obfuscation going on. When we grow, we do grow at an advantage vis a vis the European partners because we produce fewer EASKs per jet than they do, so we gotta add more flights.
The reverse is also true. We have to cut many more flights to get the same EASK reduction than they have to, so more block hours cut year over year.
Unfortunately we have reduced our EASKs at a greater rate than them and required to cancel/reduce many more flights than them, thus many more block hours cut on our side vs theirs.
Ask how many flights they cut, and how many we cut and how many block hours/month the cuts represent...
Cheers
George