Originally Posted by
AYLflyer
The thing is though, we aren't special when it comes to IROPs. Yes, ours may be worse because we only have a smaller fleet that is contained mostly within the East Coast/Caribbean, but plenty of other airlines have IROPS and modifications. To pretend they don't is silly. Heck, Southwest's operation basically came to a grinding halt a couple years ago. My buddy on a NB at a legacy complains all the time that his trips go to crap. Reroutes, modifications etc but they also get reroute pay and he gets quite a bit of money from those company errors.
The difference is the security. He's not waking up in the morning wondering if his company is going to exist in the next few years. That's the primary reason I would want to leave. The money? We're not THAT far off from the legacies, and an extra $20k-$30k/yr isn't going to be life changing at our income level. Knowing I work for a strong company with a secure future is the difference between us and them. When I was hired here, the company had a very promising future. Now it feels like any news we get is consistently negative which absolutely kills morale. DL/UA/AA are all too big to fail now IMO. We are not.
This is true. But an IROP means no money at all because we corned ourselves. Legacies have hubs everywhere to re route or just make money.
Crews stay together. The have multiple flights a day so the can cx 3/4 and get the rest out. Swapping EDCTs. A plane delayed in PHX say will avalanche because we can’t put those pax anywhere unlike legacies that don’t have to wait on inbound
Heck just JFK look at the fuel lost. We’re always burning more fuel than we want. They recovery time for IROPs is way shorter. Our business model is wound so tight and based on things being normal.