Originally Posted by
TristarJS30
As long as Delta keeps counting all of our Ground Ops costs into our cost of operations, we will lose to the lowest bidder every time. Comair, who does ground operations at many many Delta/Delta Connection stations, supplies the ground staff and equipment to those stations. So who is cheaper? Comair or a company that just flies the planes.
That is probably one of the stupidest things I've read on these forums. The C.S. contracting is VERY profitable for the company. Or else we wouldn't do it. Why is it we do the ground servicing for everything from a B1900 up to an A320? Because they make a ton doing it. Just in CVG alone there's lots of $$$ coming in. We do the ground servicing for Comair, plus 6 other regional carriers, and deice Comair plus 7 other regional carriers. Deicing alone brings in some major $$$. I cannot provide any specific details as they are no longer available to me.
Sorry.....rant over C.S. is probably the most profitable thing in the company