Originally Posted by
alfaromeo
Okay, this is exactly from the report you cited:
Regional carriers have different expense payment arrangements in their Capacity Purchase Agreements (CPAs) with their mainline partners. The number of expense categories paid directly by mainlines, and not appearing in the regional carriers’ costs, has increased over time. Fuel and aircraft ownership were among the first to be directly paid in some CPAs; more recently some mainlines have taken over payment for ground handling and engine maintenance. As a result, measuring total CASM across regional carriers and aircraft is misleading.
So quit misleading people by quoting those numbers. Even the source of those numbers say your comparison is misleading.
This is a point I have made before, so much of the hidden cost of outsourcing large RJs cannot be accounted for but is coming directly from Delta's bottom line. ALPA (as of the last few months) claims the Delta has shown them the internal numbers that show mainline can't fly CRJ-900s profitably but given how they like to "hold these numbers close to their chest" I have to wonder if the numbers Delta "shared" with DALPA were not spun just a little.
In all honesty ALPA should not be relying on management's numbers.