Originally Posted by vprMatrix

Slowplay, Here are some “facts” for you:

2011 Q 4 Operating Revenue %'s
Mainline DOM 44.5
Mainline INT 33.9
Mainline Total 78.4
Regional Total 21.6

Excluding International, DCI makes of 32.6% of domestic revenue.

For all of 2011 Regional Revenue made up 21.1 % of the total.

2011 Q4 RMP's and ASMs %.
Mainline RPMs 86.8
Mainline ASMs 86.3

Regional RPMs 13.2
Regional ASMs 13.7

For all of 2011 DCI RPMs and ASMs = 13% and 13.7%

Summary
Mainline 86.8% RPMs = 78.4% Revenue
DCI 13.2% RPM = 21.6% Revenue

Based on these “facts” here is what I see. There is a premium currently being made at DCI that if put in line with Mainline revenue should help pay for any increases in pay needed to bring all flying back in house or at very least the 50+ seat flying with its lower CASM and First Class seating revenue potential.

I will grant you that it will cost more money to do this flying at mainline however there are also a lot of “synergies” to be had by eliminating multiple management and operational structures as well as the efficiency of scheduling one Large fleet of pilots and airplanes verses 9 small ones. Combining the efficiencies of operation and placing the revenues in line with other mainline flying should make this a proposition worth pursuing by DALPA. As it stands now we do get a little of this, out of proportion, DCI revenue through profit sharing however I would much rather see all of that flying being done by Delta pilots at Delta pay rates.

vpr