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Old 04-24-2009 | 05:33 AM
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Originally Posted by John Pennekamp
Nobody at ASA is talking about a jumpseat war except Joe.

What we did threaten, and still intend to carry out, it failing to "work the numbers" on weight limited flights. There are certain things we can do like call the dispatcher and drop contingency fuel, make liberal kid counts, etc. to accommodate non-revs.

If we were to lose non-rev priority on our own flights, we really wouldn't be motivated to do such things anymore. A lot of mainline pilots commute to work on 50 seaters out of Florida. These tend to be the most weight limited flights. As it turns out, DAL "let" us keep priority on our own flights.
John -- If you're company is selling the tickets then by all means you should have priority on your own flights. But when Delta mainline is buying all your seats then that is different isn't it??? Ben
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