Originally Posted by
dalad
Sink, I have been concerned as to what was going to happen with the 767 category in ATL. It's good to see that most of the flying was going over to the ER. I honestly can't see us not hiring before long with the large number of aircraft coming on property. My biggest concern is that management is way too focused on #'s while United jumps into our former markets. They are now year-round in IST with a 777. They also have year-round sevice to EDI, with 2 flights in the summer. Same for SNN. For the first time I am beginning to doubt RA and the rest ofsenior management, as they seem to be obsessed with the 10% margin while we shrink capacity across the Atlantic. We have pulled out of way too many markets in Europe.
Thanks.
I look at it exactly the same way. For sure, the 767 time moving to the ER is not negative (in the aggregate, because it's a definite negative for the affected pilots). Overall, since the memo gives no numbers, and doesn't specify the ER surpluses, there is no real way to tell the net effect.
As far as the WB flying goes, I'm also concerned that RA/Skyteam is dropping direct flights from US hubs to secondary European cities. We seem to favor two massive domestic feeds, with hub-to-hub flying. With an extra connection. Looks great on paper, especially if you're not transporting humans. I hope this is a temporary defensive move, not a regression of the DAL model that was being developed before RA, to the NW/KLM model (take everyone to AMS, then KLM does the rest, and vice-versa). Not that it wasn't an innovative model in the interline days, it's just no longer a great way to route passengers in the day of the immunized JV.