Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Delta also bills DCI for all that handling, often at above market rates. Its a profit center for many stations. Comair and ASA get charged 750 bucks just to wipe the frost off the wings in the morning. Station managers love it because it really helps their profit and loss.
That's almost as sweet as the "APU warm up" service that last time I checked was around 400 bucks to contract MX. Absolutely insane that they would strss out about a few bucks of pilot pay or a work rule that actually enhances safety but then pee money away on idiotic overpriced things like that and don't bat an eye.
And yes I realize that some planes are sensitive waking up in the cold but I'm talking about 365 days a year including perfect weather with ground air anyway and you get to the plane in the morning and the APU's already been running almost an hour. Then for the next several legs we're supposed to worry about every minute of stopping and starting it.