Originally Posted by
Flycameron
It wasn't just a simple cover compass flight though. They flew an empty 900 from Slc to lax to cover the pdx turn and then flew it empty back to Slc. That's not cheap to have two crews and an empty airplane fly to and from Slc. Just sounds a little odd to have delta willing to shell out so much money just to cover a round trip.
That stuff happens all the time dude. Relax. Delta will put out something to each airline and ask if they can cover a flight, if Skywest or whoever decides to do it then they do it.