Originally Posted by
slowplay
You're doing a great job making an economic argument to management.
Which is more expensive, an 18 year ASA CRJ-900 payrate, or a 3 year DAL CRJ-900 Captain at our book rate? Don't forget that mainline does all your ground work at the hub, and there's a complete layer of redundant middle management, and that the DCI contract requires an "overide" if you're in compliance.
I was wondering if ASA and Comair contracts were dropped tomorrow and we never paid a dime to them again and then we ordered say 200 E-175s which were delivered by the afternoon, how much would we save having these planes in house even with higher paid pilots?