Originally Posted by
hslightnin
I've heard this term floating around the cockpit lately and began to think about it.
DL is making us pay another $50 to use the only benefit i have.
Flying into a DL hub the other day mainline was right up on us and tower had asked us max froward as practicable. I landed and got off at the first high speed allowing DL to land. As im making the turn off I think to my self I could have just cost DL more then my entire crew base pays to use travelnet.
The DCI shuffle has worn hard on me and I just don't give a **** anymore.
I have absolutely no incentive other then the environment to taxi with one engine, shut down the apu in flight or on the 4 hour sit, use reduced thrust TO ect.. why should I. We as pilots have a huge opportunity to show the MAN we can save them more money then they can imagine if they pay us well and keep us happy. end of rant
With delta wanting to cut contract flying it may not be the smartest idea to be wasting money because your mad about paying an extra 50 a year to fly for otherwise free.
Also if you ever wanna leave your RJ job and fly some main line iron you want those bigs to be hiring.... if they are paying extra money for the fuel that the contracts could be saving they wont be as healthy financially and therefore wont be in a positon to hire as much.
Sounds retarded but it all adds up in the end.