Originally Posted by
tsquare
You miss the point. I used a 7 year guy just to illustrate about where the captain on that airplane might be in terms of seniority. And then I showed you exactly why that airplane will never be flown by a 7 year guy. I am not doing a dissertation, but thanks for the suggestion. My bottom line point is that there is absolutely no way those 76 seat airplanes can come here and be competitive.. none.
Wait a minute... are you saying that guys would fly that for $50/hour in the left seat??? Really????
I'll repost this for you. DALPA has already negotiated crew cost that are competitive with other narrow body aircraft that we fly on a per seat basis. The revenue capability exist to fly the 76 seat aircraft at mainline.
If you think we can't fly the 76 aircraft we also need to look into outsourcing several hundred more aircraft in our fleet in order to make Delta most cost competitive. For that matter maybe we should be taking a pay cut in order to make ourselves more competitive with other Legacy carriers.
Based on 12 year Captain rates, compared to UCAL we are 16-25% better paid currently and we are 28-32% better paid than USAIR. According to Slowplay it only takes a 33% increase to bring the 70+ seaters to mainline. To me it seams reasonable.
How is it that we can compete against UCAL and USAIR very successfully at a 25-32% premium but not bring >50 seat flying back in house at a 33% increase?
