Originally Posted by
theUpsideDown
I guess the practice brings down the profit sharing a little, but if it attracts high end customers and replaces money taken by the "fly them empty" policy, who cares if it's kinda fake? It seems like I'm missing a big piece of the puzzle for as many pilots that are mad. Anyone see what I'm saying?
I’d argue that it actually increases the profits. They need those numbers and the NPS to point to in the sales department. Sales people are paid commission and target bonuses for a reason. It is a waste and seems counter intuitive though. The win/win is that someone was paid to fly the leg originally and then someone else was paid to complete the leg maybe even at double pay.
Yes, you are correct on the cost and I don’t like adding CO2 to the atmosphere unnecessarily but at least we are replacing JT8Ds with PW1500Gs.