Originally Posted by
threeighteen
I mean sure, that mainline guy isn’t at risk of not getting a CJO at United if he doesn’t make it to work. The C5 guy is.
but also mainline has a ton of crews whereas C5 has some crews and if there are no airport reserves it can lead to a crew delay waiting for the crew to arrive to the aircraft. Important given how on inbound connections the passenger load from connecting passengers makes up 60% of UALs manline uplift.