Originally Posted by
Grumble
Five 76 seaters arriving to ORD at 0700 fills up a wide body, ever seen how many come rolling in on the first bank?. It’s not about the cost of the ticket to move someone from say MCI to DEN, but MCI to say SYD. The game is to generate connections, fill hubs and thus airplanes. Smaller markets that don’t warrant a 319 or bus, but are under served or have no service are where the RJs belong.
If a 175 flies 6 short legs a day in and out of a hub, that’s potentially 228 pax being delivered from and again back to smaller rural areas. If the cost of the crew operating that jet between UAL payrates and say Mesa is the make or break for the profitability of said airframe, then clearly there’s a management/marketing problem.
Scope needs to be reigned in. Not relaxed, and not held as is. Period.
Are there any international flights out of ORD in the morning? I thought most of the international banks were late afternoon/evening. And no nonstops ORD-SYD.
A major problem with most of our hubs (SFO, LAX, ORD, EWR) is that there is no gate space. Upgauging to mainline and reducing frequency on some of those city pairs would help the entire operation run more smoothly. But I just get paid to fly airplanes; how the airline operates and what metal they choose to fly is a management function.
There aren't many city pairs that management couldn't upgauge and reduce frequency, but I figure a pilot shortage will eventually force them to do just that.